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True or false. oceanic lithosphere is created at divergent boundaries?

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The answer is true.
At divergent plate boundaries, rising convection current of magma happens, cracks are formed and moved apart,the lava then fills the gap and cools down.As the process repeat,the oceanic floor extend sideways and thus the oceanic lithosphere is created.
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