Because as tectonic plates move away from each other, the ocean floor spreads apart and fills the gap.
Mid ocean ridges are the direct result of sea floor spreading.
The Mid-Ocean Ridge Is From The Mantle.
The location where lava pours out of cracks in the ocean floor is known as a mid-ocean ridge or a spreading center. This is where tectonic plates move apart, allowing magma to rise from the mantle and create new oceanic crust.
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Ocean floor is primarily created at mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates move apart, allowing magma to rise from the mantle and solidify as new oceanic crust. This process, known as seafloor spreading, results in the formation of new crust that eventually spreads away from the ridge and contributes to the growth of the ocean floor.
No. The newest ocean floor is at the mid-ocean ridge.
It is the mid-ocean ridge.
Ocean Ridge-on the sea floor. mid-ocean ridge in the ocean
When gravity pushes down on the floor it causes ridge pressing. Ridge pressing pries the the sea floor apart causing the magma to come up out of the mantle to cool and create a new crust. Not only does it create a new crust but it pushes the continents father apart. That is why over time they grow father and farther apart.
The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity. As the crust spreads away from the ridge, it gets progressively older. This process is known as seafloor spreading.
New material forms on the ocean floor of the mid-ocean ridge due to plate tectonics and volcanic activity. Volcanic eruptions deposit cooled magma on the ocean floor.
The movement of ocean floor on either side of a mid-ocean ridge is known as seafloor spreading. As new oceanic crust is formed at the ridge, it pushes the existing crust away from the ridge in opposite directions, creating a continuous process of plate tectonics.