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How do the features of the ocean floor compare with the features of continents?
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∙ 7y ago
About 71% of the surface of the earth is covered by ocean. That leaves about 29% in the continents. So there is roughly 2.5 times as much ocean as continent.
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∙ 12y ago
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Does the ocean floor have features that are the same as features found on continents?
It has many features for more information type this in:How are the features the same or different?
What features are found on the ocean floor?
That it is a topgraphical and the features are a ocean floor.
What is composed of the continents and the oceans floor?
Earth's crust is composed of the continents and the ocean floor.
How would the age of the oldest rocks on the continents compare with the age of the oldest rocks on the seafloor if the rock on the continents is continually formed but not removed?
The oldest rocks on the continents would be much older than the rocks on the sea floor because the rocks on the continents are not being removed unlike the rocks on the sea floor that are made by the mid-ocean ridge are being removed by deep ocean trenches. this prossess that is occuring on the sea floor is called sea floor spreading. evidence of this is the Pacific ocean shrinking and the Atlantic ocean growing.
How does topography of the ocean floor compare to that on land?
Ocean topography is very similar to that on land. The different conditions do result in unique features, however.
In which layer of the Earth is the ocean floor?
The crust contains the ocean floor and also the continents on Earth.
The topography of the ocean floor?
Is a diverse as that of the continents
Can plated carry continents or parts of the ocean floor but not both?
Tectonic Plates can't carry both ocean floor and continents on the same plate.
What forms features on the ocean?
What causes ocean floor features to form
What is things rest upon crustal plates?
The continents and the ocean floor rest upon the plates.
How does Pacific Ocean compare to continents in size?
The same size as all the continents combined
What is responsible for the formation of ocean-floor features?
Plate tectonics and (river) erosion are responsible for the formation of ocean-floor features.
