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What is the role of the mid-ocean ridge in the movement of lithospheric plate?
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Fill the gap between separating plates.
Elinor McDermott
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What is a force that is causing the plates to move at a midocean ridge?
friction - convection currents in the mantle drag the plates away from the hot rising zone below the ridgegravity - gravity pulls down on the cold dense plate being subducted under the continent, dragging the plate away from the ridge
Where do midocean ridges intersect the landmasses?
Midocean ridges are areas where continents broke apart. Midocean ridges are closest to the landmasses in younger oceans. One example where a midocean ridge intersected a landmass is the Arabian sea, which was formed by the pulling apart of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa.
What crustal feature is a result of divergent plate movement?
Mid-ocean ridge
How are the plates moving at the mid ocean ridge?
Because diverging plate boundaries occur at mid-ocean ridges, this means the two lithospheric plates are spreading apart.
What is the role of the mid oceanic ridge in the movement of lithosperic plate?
It doesn't have a role. It is a natural phenomena
What is the role of the mid-ocean ridge in the movement of lithospheric plates?
Fill the gap between separating plates.
What is the role of the mid ocean ridge in the movement of lithospheric plates?
Fill the gap between separating plates.
Where is active seafloor spreading occurring today?
At any divergent plate margin: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge The boundary between the African Plate and Arabian Plate (the Red Sea) Great Rift Valley West Antarctic Rift East Pacific Rise Pacific-Antarctic Ridge Galapagos Rise Gakkel Ridge
What is a force that is causing the plates to move at a midocean ridge?
friction - convection currents in the mantle drag the plates away from the hot rising zone below the ridgegravity - gravity pulls down on the cold dense plate being subducted under the continent, dragging the plate away from the ridge
What are the differences between ocean ridge and seamount?
The midocean ridges are the spreading centers where the plates are moving apart. The seamounts are extinct volcanos produced as the plate passed over a mantle hotspot.
Where do midocean ridges intersect the landmasses?
Midocean ridges are areas where continents broke apart. Midocean ridges are closest to the landmasses in younger oceans. One example where a midocean ridge intersected a landmass is the Arabian sea, which was formed by the pulling apart of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa.
Think critically how can slab-pull and ridge-push contribute to the movement of a plate at the same time?
because other factors as shown in that could play a role in plate movement are ridge-push and slab-pull.
What crustal feature is a result of divergent plate movement?
Mid-ocean ridge
How are the plates moving at the mid ocean ridge?
Because diverging plate boundaries occur at mid-ocean ridges, this means the two lithospheric plates are spreading apart.
What is the role of the mid oceanic ridge in the movement of lithosperic plate?
It doesn't have a role. It is a natural phenomena
What is the role of the mid ocean ridge in the movement of lithosperic plate?
It doesn't have a role. It is a natural phenomena
What is located in midocean ridges?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is found on the ocean floor in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
