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In which layer of the Earth is the ocean floor?
The crust contains the ocean floor and also the continents on Earth.
Which ocean is nearest to the state of Texas Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean?
The eastern part of Texas is closer to the Atlantic Ocean and the western partof Texas is closer to the Pacific Ocean.
How does sea floor spreading support the hypothesis of continental drift?
Sea floor spreading provides evidence for continental drift by showing that new oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges, pushing the continents apart. As the crust spreads apart, it carries the continents along with it, supporting the idea that the continents were once part of a single landmass that has since drifted apart. This process also explains the distribution of ages of oceanic crust, with the youngest crust found at the mid-ocean ridges and getting progressively older as you move away from the ridges.
What landforms rise above the ocean floor?
Examples of landforms that rise above the ocean floor include islands, seamounts, and ridges. Islands are areas of land completely surrounded by water, while seamounts are underwater mountains that peak above the ocean floor. Ridges are long, elevated areas that can stretch for thousands of kilometers along the ocean floor.
How sea floor spreading provides a mechanism by which continents move?
Sea floor spreading occurs at mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates move apart, allowing magma to rise to the surface, solidify, and form new oceanic crust. As new crust is created, it pushes the existing crust away from the ridge, effectively moving the continents on the plates they sit. This process is part of the theory of plate tectonics, which explains how continents drift and change positions over time.
What is the part of the ocean floor nearest the continent?
Continental Shelf.
Continents and the ocean floor are part of earths solid rocky surface called?
crust
In which layer of the Earth is the ocean floor?
The crust contains the ocean floor and also the continents on Earth.
Does the lithiospere include just the land making you earth s continents?
No, the lithosphere includes the outer part of Earth's surface which comprises both the land masses (continents) and the ocean floor. It consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
What part of earth is the continents and ocean basins?
crust
Is the ocean floor part of the crust?
yes
Do lobsters live in the rocky part of the ocean or on the ocean floor?
both
How sea floor spreading provides a way for continents to move?
because if the sea-floor is moving it will probably will move a chunk of land that could be part of a continent the land at the bottom of the ocean is being spread across, and is taking space up. the continents are on tectonic plates, and need to go some where and move away.
What is the young ocean floor?
The Young Ocean Floor is the part of the mantle showing between the 2 split tectonic plates.
The ocean bottom is part of the crust?
sea floor
Where is the youngest part of a clam?
Along constructive/divergent plate boundaries. This is where the new ocean floor comes from. This is the youngest part of the ocean floor that is.
The continents and the ocean basin make up a part of the earth called the ...............?
The Hydrosphere
