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The continental shelf
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Which ocean is nearest to the state of Texas Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean?
The eastern part of Texas is closer to the Atlantic Ocean and the western partof Texas is closer to the Pacific Ocean.
What part of the large algae that takes the place of roots and anchors to the ocean floors?
Holdfasts anchor large algae to the ocean floor. They substitute for roots:)
What landforms rise above the ocean floor?
Islands like for example Hawaii!
What are the four sections of the ocean floor?
A.Rift zoneC Near the continental marginB.Abyssal plainB Very flat part of ocean floorC.Ocean trenchA Site of seafloor spreadingD.SeamountD Underwater volcano
What is part of molten rock at mid-ocean ridges?
Molten rock at mid-ocean ridges is the result of sea-floor spreading. WRONG
What is the part of the ocean floor nearest the continent?
Continental Shelf.
Continents and the ocean floor are part of earths solid rocky surface called?
crust
What part of earth is the continents and ocean basins?
crust
Do lobsters live in the rocky part of the ocean or on the ocean floor?
both
Is the ocean floor part of the crust?
yes
How sea floor spreading provides a way for continents to move?
because if the sea-floor is moving it will probably will move a chunk of land that could be part of a continent the land at the bottom of the ocean is being spread across, and is taking space up. the continents are on tectonic plates, and need to go some where and move away.
How does sea-floor spreading provide a way for continents to move?
because if the sea-floor is moving it will probably will move a chunk of land that could be part of a continent the land at the bottom of the ocean is being spread across, and is taking space up. the continents are on tectonic plates, and need to go some where and move away.
Where is the thinnest part of a tectonic plate?
The ocean floor is the thinnest part.
What is the young ocean floor?
The Young Ocean Floor is the part of the mantle showing between the 2 split tectonic plates.
The ocean bottom is part of the crust?
sea floor
Where is the youngest part of a clam?
Along constructive/divergent plate boundaries. This is where the new ocean floor comes from. This is the youngest part of the ocean floor that is.
The continents and the ocean basin make up a part of the earth called the ...............?
The Hydrosphere
