At a mid-oceanic ridge spreading center:
A) the plates are moving past each other.
B) the plates are moving away from each other.
C) the plates are moving toward each other.
D) one plate is being subducted beneath another.
E) both plates are being subducted.

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At a mid-oceanic ridge spreading center, the tectonic plates are moving away from each other, which allows magma to rise from below the Earth's surface and solidify to form new oceanic crust.

At a Mid-Oceanic Ridge Spreading Center