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A subduction zone occurs at convergent plate margins where an oceanic plate is going underneath a continental plate or a less dense oceanic plate. A mid-ocean ridge is a divergent plate boundary on the ocean floor with a mountain range and a rift running through the center of it. Sea floor spreading also occurs at mid ocean ridges.

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What forms when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate a. an ocean basin b. an ocean ridge c. a subduction zone d. a rift valley?

C. subduction zone


What is the difference between ridge push and slab pull?

Ridge push is a gravitation force that causes a plate to move away from the crest of an ocean ridge, and into a subduction zone. The Slab pull force is a tectonic plate force due to subduction. The difference is the force of motion.


What geologic feature results when divergence occures between two oceanic plates?

a mid oceanic ridge


What is the process whereby the weight of an uplift ocean ridge pushes an oceanic plate toward a subduction zone?

The weight of the uplifted ocean ridge creates a downward force on the oceanic plate, causing it to be pushed towards a subduction zone. As the plate moves, it eventually descends into the mantle at the subduction zone due to gravitational forces, leading to the formation of a deep ocean trench.


What forms when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate a rift valley an ocean basin an ocean ridge a subduction zone?

A subduction zone forms when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate. This process can lead to the formation of volcanic arcs, deep ocean trenches, and seismic activity.


Does subduction occur at the mid ocean ridge?

No, the Mid Atlantic Ridge is where the two plates are diverging, which creates more oceanic floor.


What is the process called when the oceanic plates slide down the slope of lithosphere-asthenospher boundary?

The process is called "subduction." It occurs when one tectonic plate moves beneath another at a convergent boundary, where the oceanic plate is forced down into the mantle at a subduction zone. This process leads to the recycling of old oceanic crust back into the mantle.


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


Is oceanic crust near the mid-ocean ridge older thean oceanic crust farther away from the ridge?

Its oceanic crust


Are Russia and Japan connected with an oceanic ridge or an oceanic trench?

Trench


What is a oceanic ridges?

a ridge in the ocean


What is the difference between a mid ocean ridge and a rift?

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