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Why is it that ancient rocks are found on the continents and not on the ocean floor?
The entire ocean floor is recycled in roughly 160 million year cycles through the process of plate tectonics. Because continental plates do not subduct, the rock is much, much older, particularly in the continental interior.
What ocean floor feature underwater volcano?
There is an extrmely high amount of underwater volcanoes on pretty much every ocean floor.
A rock that makes up much of the ocean floor?
basalt
Why are larger ocean waves found in the west?
because it is The reason for the larger waves in the Pacific Ocean has to do with wind directions and the ocean floors. The ocean floor in the west has a sharp drop-off. This, combined with the winds blowing in from the west, causes the waves to be much larger because they are able to gain more strength. While the ocean floor in the east has a more tapered floor and the winds are blowing out from the west, therefore, making it so they are pushing against the wind.
What organism covered the ocean floor for much of the Paleozoic Era?
Trilobites
Iron rich volcanic rock that makes up much of the ocean floor is?
The volcanic rock that makes up most of the ocean floor is called sediment.
What ocean is found along much of Africa's eastern coast?
Alantic Ocean
Which ocean is found along much of Africa's eastern coast?
Atlantic ocean
Is the sea floor smooth and level?
Yes, in many places it is. But like the surface of the earth that you can see, the ocean floor has many different topographies. The ocean floor has mountains, volcanoes, deep valleys, and reefs. There vast areas of vegetation and areas that are devoid of vegetation, often due to how deep they are and how much sunlight penetrates. There are also arctic regions of ocean floor as well as tropical regions. The ocean floor is really as varied as the continents above the water.
In what oceans can the sea turtle be found?
They can be found in the Pacific Ocean or sometimes in the Atlantic Ocean.
How the ocean floor spreading relates to the ring of fire?
Nothing much. The ocean floor spreading is in the Atlantic ocean caused by the mid oceanic ridge which is the largest and longest mountain range in the world. It is huge and if you google ocean floor maps you will see a thing that goes all over the oceans floors. The volcanos erupt as the plates shift away from each other.
Are orcas found only in north Atlantic ocean or are they found worldwide?
They are pretty much found worldwide.
