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New oceanic crust is created at the mid-oceanic ridges, a divergent plate boundary.
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Where are the youngest portion of Earth's crust found?
The youngest parts of the Earth's crust are found in the oceanic crust. This crust is continuously being created at the mid-oceanic ridges.
Is crust created or destroyed at the oceanic ridge?
created
How is the Earth's crust created and destroyed?
It is created at mid-oceanic ridges (divergent boundaries) and it is destroyed at subduction zones (convergent boundary between oceanic crust and continental crust).
Why is the oceanic crust is more active than the continental crust?
This is because the Oceanic Crust is denser and thinner than the Continental Crust and is actively being created by the forces of the magma at different mid-oceanic ridges.
What are 2 landforms that are created at by oceanic oceanic crust?
Trenches and undersea mountains :)
Why oceanic crust younger than the continental crust?
Oceanic crust is constantly created and recycled due to place tectonics. Oceanic crust is created by spreading ridges in the ocean floor and the oceanic plates subside under continental plates thus forcing it back down into the magma as the plate grows. Searching Oceanic Plate Tectonics on google will provide images that made this easier to understand.
What is the name of ocean crust?
oceanic crust.
What is created at a mid ocean ridge?
New oceanic crust.
Where are the elder parts of the ocean floor located?
Oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges and (through the creation of new oceanic crust) is pushed toward a convergent plate boundary where it is subducted. So the oldest oceanic crust would be located at a convergent plate boundary where the oceanic crust is being subducted under continental crust.
Places where new seafloor is being created?
New oceanic crust is being created at the mid-ocean ridges.
Why is it important to understand how oceanic and continental crusts move?
The top layer of the Earth's surface is called the crust (it lies on top of the plates). Oceanic crust (the thin crust under the oceans) is thinner and denser than continental crust. Crust is constantly being created and destroyed; oceanic crust is more active than continental crust.
Oceanic crust is lighter than the continental crust?
No, the oceanic crust is denser. That's why the land areas "float" so much higher than the ocean bedrock.
