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The Pacific Ocean is shrinking due to subduction zones on the boundaries of the North american and Eurasian sides of the pacific plate causing the pacific plate to be subducted. This is bringing North America and Asia closer, but shrinking the pacific in the process.
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Which ocean is shrinking?
the pacific ocean, its not really shrinking though, read about it... then what is it doing?
Which major ocean is shrinking in size?
The pacific, it says so in my text book
Can the ocean shrink?
Yes, the Pacific Ocean is shrinking and the Atlantic Ocean is growing.
What will happen to the pacific ocean?
The Pacific Ocean is shrinking as the Atlanic Ocean is spreading. Subduction is occurring in the Pacific ocean and the continental plates are moving and that changes the placement of the oceans.
What is happening to the Pacific?
The Pacific Ocean is shrinking as the Atlanic Ocean is spreading. Subduction is occurring in the Pacific ocean and the continental plates are moving and that changes the placement of the oceans.
Why is the pacific ocean slowly getting smaller?
The reason the Pacific Ocean is shrinking is because of the deep water trenches there, while the Atlantic ocean is getting bigger. In about 500 million years the Pacific will not be there and the Atlantic will be overflowing.
What is happening to the Pacific Ocean?
The Pacific Ocean is shrinking as the Atlanic Ocean is spreading. Subduction is occurring in the Pacific ocean and the continental plates are moving and that changes the placement of the oceans.
How would you explain the fact that the Pacific ocean is constantly shrinking and the Atlantic ocean is increasing in size?
shifting tectonic plates
How does the ridge-rift in the pacific ocean differ from that in the Atlantic ocean?
Pacific ocean is shrinking due to plate tectonics while Atlantic is increasing in size. Looked up the same question just now for a final tomorrow.
Is it farther to cross the eastern ocean or western ocean?
The answer would be the western ocean, assuming that you are in the north america. Eurasia, then it would be the eastern that is larger. It is further to cross the pacific then the atlantic, but the atlantic is growing and pacific is shrinking, so... give it several tens of millions of years and, that wont be the case anymore.
The Pacific Ocean is shrinking while the Atlantic Ocean is expanding Which type of plate boundary must be involved in each location?
The Pacific Ocean is shrinking due to subduction, where one tectonic plate is being forced beneath another. This occurs at convergent plate boundaries where plates are moving towards each other. The Atlantic Ocean is expanding due to seafloor spreading, which happens at divergent plate boundaries where plates are moving away from each other, creating new oceanic crust.
What what ocean surrounds Hawaii?
The Pacific ocean surrounds all the islands that make up the state of Hawaii. So Pacific
