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What is happening because of that the Atlantic Ocean is growing?
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What is happening to the size of the south Atlantic ocean?
the Atlantic is growing in size because the tectonic plates are divergent, meaning they are separating.
How is the Atlantic Ocean growing but not getting bigger?
The Atlantic Ocean is growing so it has to be getting bigger.
Why is the Atlantic ocean growing?
it will keep getting bigger and bigger
Can the ocean shrink?
Yes, the Pacific Ocean is shrinking and the Atlantic Ocean is growing.
Which ocean is growing due to seafloor spreading?
The Atlantic Ocean is growing due to seafloor spreading. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge runs down the center of the Atlantic, where new oceanic crust is continuously formed as tectonic plates pull apart. This process contributes to the widening of the Atlantic Ocean.
What is happening to the floor of the Atlantic ocean due to movement of the plates under the ocean?
Mid-Atlantic Spreading, which leads to increase in the length of the Atlantic oceans floor.
Is the Atlantic Ocean getting bigger or smaller?
The Atlantic Ocean is gradually getting bigger because of the sea-floor spreading that is happening. Sea-floor spreading is the process in which new oceanic lithosphere is made. And this mostly happens at Mid-Atlantic ridges. This is the process in which magma from under the Earth seeps to the surface and gradually solidifies. F.Y.I. they sift apart making magma rise from the earths manntle. The magma then turns into more crust that has been happining for mllions of years.
Is the Pacific Ocean getting smaller?
yes because the Atlantic ocean is growing and pushing the Atlantic ocean aside
How does the Mid Atlantic Ridge affect the Atlantic Ocean?
The tectonic plates are separating and growing more ocean floor (seafloor spreading).
What is happening to the size of the Atlantic ocean?
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Why is the Atlantic ocean called the Atlantic?
. . .because they already have a Pacific Ocean.
The Atlantic ocean is growing by a few cm each year. Explain this phenomenon using plate tectonic theory?
That is because the plates are shifting, they moving away from each other causing the Atlantic Ocean to grow wider.
