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They are called oceanic trenches.
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Are there mountains ridges valleys and plains on the ocean floor?
yes
What is difference between ocean ridges and rises?
Ridges and Rises are uplifts in oceanic crust caused by volcanic eruption in oceans, the difference between a ridge and a rise is of rift valleys, ridges have long valleys and rises do not have any valleys
How do volcanos form along ocean ridges?
Along rift valleys, lava pours out of cracks in the ocean floor, gradually building new mountains.
What are the features of the ocean floor?
The ocean floor is irregular as to the land we can see. It has mountains and ridges and plains and valleys and volcanoes. It even has underwater earthquakes, and just about every other land feature you could name.
Which forms at mid-ocean ridges?
New oceanic crust is created along mid ocean ridges. These are areas of the earth where there is divergence or splitting of the ocean floor and basaltic magma oozes out from within the mantle to occupy the gaps and form new crusts.
Which is associated with mid-ocean ridges?
Sea-Floor Spreading is associated with Mid-Ocean Ridges.
The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located where?
The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located at mid-ocean ridges. These ridges are always found at divergent boundaries.
The youngest rocks in the ocean floor are located at the mid ocean?
Ridges
Use the words sea floor spreading and mid ocean ridges in a complete sentence?
Mid ocean ridges are the direct result of sea floor spreading.
Does divergent boundaries have any features?
Yes: Mid-Ocean Ridges and Rift Valleys
What are the three regions of the ocean floor?
the continental Margin, Ocean Basin Floor and Mid-Ocean ridge :D
In the process of sea-floor spreading how does the ocean floor become wider?
New floor forms and spreads from mid-ocean ridges
