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What is a mid ocean rift?
A mid-ocean ridge is an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics. By: Donovan Lopez?
Can you name an underwater mountain chain?
The Ocean Ridge (also known as Mid-ocean ridge), which runs more than 40,000 miles on the sea floor of five oceans is the longest mountain chain in the world.
What is a submarine ridge?
A ridge is a geological feature that features a continuous elevational crest for some distance. If the ridge is under the ocean or sea, then it is called a submarine ridge.
How do volcanoes at mid-ocean ridges affect the temperature of sea water?
Volcanoes at mid-ocean ridges release hot magma, which can heat up the surrounding seawater. This heating contributes to the creation of hydrothermal vents and helps drive deep-sea currents. Overall, this process can influence the temperature and chemistry of the seawater in the area.
Large bodies of salt water are called what?
Large bodies of salt water are called seas or oceans.
What is the longest mountain chain earth?
Ocean Ridge-on the sea floor. mid-ocean ridge in the ocean
What is a mid ocean rift?
A mid-ocean ridge is an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics. By: Donovan Lopez?
What is an ocean ridge made up of skeletal ramains of tiny sea animals?
What is an ocean ridge made up of skeletal remains of tiny sea animals
Why does lava cool rapidly along mid ocean ridge?
Lava flows from the rifts and is cooled quickly by sea water
Is the sea floor near the mid ocean ridge young?
Yes, the sea floor near the mid-ocean ridge is young. As magma rises along the ridge, it solidifies to form new crust, creating a continuous process of crust formation and pushing older crust away from the ridge. This results in the oldest sea floor being farthest from the mid-ocean ridges.
Is a mid ocean ridge a long narrow depression located in a deep ocean basin?
No. A mid-ocean ridge is a chain of mountains and volcanoes in an ocean basin at a site of sea floor spreading.
A mountain chain on the ocean floor?
The mid-ocean ridge. The longest in the world, in the sea and on land.
What are the places who lies in the Mid-Atlantic ridge?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an underwater ridge lying along the north-south axis of the Atlantic Ocean. It is an immensely long mountain chain (ten thousand miles) that extends in a curving chain from the Arctic Ocean to the Southern Tip of Africa. It is equidistant from the continents on either side and the mountains forming the ridge reach a width of 1,000 miles. These mountains occasionally appear above sea level as islands eg Azores, Ascention, St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha.
A chain of mountains on the ocean floor?
The mid-ocean ridge. The longest in the world, in the sea and on land.
What is the mid Atlantic ridge how long does it stretch?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a mid-ocean ridge, a divergent tectonic plate or constructive plate boundary located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. The mid-Atlantic ridge splits nearly the entire Atlantic Ocean north to south - it's a divergent plate boundary. 10,000 km long.
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.
What happens at the mid-atlantic ridge?
Sea floor spreading
