The diagram below shows a volcanic chain.
Volcanic
Chain
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Modified from image courtesy of USGS
Volcanoes form where a denser oceanic plate moves below a continental plate. Which of the following happens in the region
labeled X during this process?
A.
Solid rock liquefies, producing new oceans.
B.
Tectonic plates diverge, forming magma,
C. Magma rises into the continental crust, producing volcanoes.
D.
The oceanic crust crystallizes, forming new rock.