The continental shelf
The crust contains the ocean floor and also the continents on Earth.
The eastern part of Texas is closer to the Atlantic Ocean and the western partof Texas is closer to the Pacific Ocean.
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.
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.
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.
Continental Shelf.
crust
The crust contains the ocean floor and also the continents on Earth.
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.
crust
yes
both
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.
The Young Ocean Floor is the part of the mantle showing between the 2 split tectonic plates.
sea floor
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 Hydrosphere