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What is a ridge of rock or sand at or near the surface of water?
A ridge of rock or sand at or near the surface of water is known as a ridge of rock or sand at or near the surface of water
When new rock is added to an oceanic ridge the magnetized strips on side of the ridge are evidence of sea floor spreading this is because the rock the two sides of the ridge?
are equal in width and polarity
Is the distance from a mid ocean ridge that a rock sample is taken from the younger the rock is?
Yes, rocks that are taken from a mid-ocean ridge closer to the spreading center are younger. As new oceanic crust forms at the ridge and spreads outward, the rocks record the history of the magnetic reversals and can be dated to provide information about the age of the crust at different distances from the ridge.
Why the rock of the mid Atlantic ridge is younger than the rock found on the edge of the continents?
The rock of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is younger because it is formed through seafloor spreading where new crust is created at the ridge and moves away from it. In contrast, the rock found on the edge of continents is older because it has been at the surface for a longer time and has undergone various geological processes.
What is a mountainous chain of young basaltic rock at the active spreading center of an ocean?
an oceanic ridge
What is an underwater ridge of coral or rock that rises close to the surface?
it is a REEF
What is a ridge of rock or sand at or near the surface of water?
A ridge of rock or sand at or near the surface of water is known as a ridge of rock or sand at or near the surface of water
What part of speech is reef?
Reef can be a noun or a verb. An example of reef as a verb is that someone can reef a sail by folding or bunching it up. Reef is a noun when used to refer to an underwater rock or ridge.
Define coral reef?
A ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral.
What is a narrow low ridge of rock or coral that is connected to a coast of lies off a coast?
That is called a fringing reef.
What do you call an underwater ridge that rises up close to the earths surface?
An underwater ridge rising close to the surface is called a reef. A reef is typically made of rock, sand or coral that lies 80 meters or less beneath low water.
When was Rock Ridge Music created?
Rock Ridge Music was created in 2004.
What does a coral reef eat?
carol doesn't eat it isn't living! it is like a plant or a rock
What are rock types of the Blue Ridge Mountains?
There are many rock types in the Blue Ridge Mountains include quartz and granite.
What is the bottom of a coral reef?
Sand and rock.
How do you get off of rock ridge?
jump.
Why is the rock farther from the ocean ridge is older than the rock near the mid ocean ridge?
By determining the age of rock samples obtained by drilling on the sea floor.
