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When gravity pushes down on the floor it causes ridge pressing. Ridge pressing pries the the sea floor apart causing the magma to come up out of the mantle to cool and create a new crust. Not only does it create a new crust but it pushes the continents father apart. That is why over time they grow father and farther apart.
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What Is A Good Sentence For Mid-Ocean Ridge?
The Mid-Ocean Ridge Is From The Mantle.
What is an mid - ocean ridge?
The Mid-Atlantic ridge.
What is an example of mid-ocean ridge?
The Mid-Atlantic ridge.
What is the global mid- ocean ridge?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
What countries are part of the mid ocean ridge?
Since it is called the 'mid ocean ridge' , it is in the middle of the ocean, far from land/countries. However, with one exception, Iceland. The mid Atlantic ocean ridge continues above the surface of the ocean, and has formed the island of Iceland.
What feature is found at a distance of 4100 kilometers on the ocean bottom?
Mid Ocean Ridge
What is the name of the mid ocean ridge that runs the length of the Atlantic Ocean?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
What Is A Good Sentence For Mid Ocean Ridge?
The mid-ocean ridge are mountains that were formed underwater.
Is the mid ocean ridges a steep sided valley at the center of a mid ocean ridge?
yes, the mid ocean ridges are a steep sided valley at the center of a mid ocean ridge
Does Miyakejima rest on a hot spot a plate boundary or a mid ocean ridge?
o mid ocean ridge
What is shown by magnetic minerals spreading from a mid ocean ridge?
That magnetic minerals spreading from a mid-ocean ridge
What is shown by magnetic minerals spreading from mid ocean ridge?
That magnetic minerals spreading from a mid-ocean ridge
