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At mid-ocean ridges, tectonic plates diverge, allowing magma from the mantle to rise and create new oceanic crust as it solidifies. This process, known as seafloor spreading, results in the formation of underwater mountain ranges. Additionally, mid-ocean ridges are sites of significant geological activity, including volcanic eruptions and hydrothermal vent systems, which support unique ecosystems. Overall, they play a crucial role in the dynamic processes of plate tectonics and the Earth's geology.
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Marine magnetic anomaly belts run parallel to?
Mid-Ocean Ridges
When plates beneath the ocean move apart from one another what happens to the magma below?
Magma is extruded as lava at the mid-ocean ridges when they are pulled apart.
Is the floor near the mid ocean old?
No. The newest ocean floor is at the mid-ocean ridge.
What caused the mid ocean ridge?
What caused the mid ocean ridge is the mid-ocean ridges are a continuous chain of underwater volcanoes more than 65,000 km long that extend through all the ocean basins.
What is used to map mid ocean ridge?
sonar,is used to map mid-ocean ridges:]
What motion happens at the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Slow motion
What is formed when divergence happens on the sea floor?
Mid ocean ridges
What happens at the mid-atlantic ridge?
Sea floor spreading
Do volcanoes erupt in the ocean?
Yes. The majority of the worlds volcanic activity actually happens underwater, primarily at mid-ocean ridges.
What happens to the ocean floor the farther the oceanic lithosphere is from a mid-ocean ridge?
Magma rises and slidifies and creates a new crust.
What happens to the ocean floor the farther the oceanic lithosphere is from the mid ocean ridge?
Magma rises and slidifies and creates a new crust.
What happens to the ocean floor the farther the the oceanic lithosphere is from a mid-ocean ridge?
Magma rises and slidifies and creates a new crust.
What happens to the ocean floor farther to the oceanic lithosphere is from a mid ocean ridge?
Magma rises and slidifies and creates a new crust.
Would you want to see a folded mountain range at mid ocean rigde?
Actually you can go to Iceland and see part of that same ridge while standing on dry land. You can stand with one foot on Europe and one foot on America. The hot lava separating the two will be underneath you.
What happens When the mountain range that winds through earth's ocean is called the?
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
What eventually happens to seafloor that is carried away from the mid ocean ridge?
its deposited somewhere else
Is the mid ocean ridges a steep sided valley at the center of a mid ocean ridge?
yes, the mid ocean ridges are a steep sided valley at the center of a mid ocean ridge
