Ocean ridges form because ______.
A) they are chains of volcanoes, like the Hawaiian Islands, that form along hot spots
B) they are a broad seafloor highland formed by sea floor spreading
C) they are submarine collisional mountain belts, forming submarine mountains that haven't yet risen from the sea floor
D) rocks bulge up in ridges along transform faults associated with the ridge
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