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How old can sea anemones get?
Some sea anemones get to be 100 years old.
What eats handfish?
Handfish eat small plankton and bacteria they find on the sea floor.
A spiny-skinned invertebrate that lives on the ocean bottom floor is called what?
A spiny-skinned invertebrate that lives on the ocean bottom floor is called a sea urchin.
What animals live in the ocean floor?
a well know oceanic species called "floor dwelling sausage dogs" or often nicknamed "kates" these animals have distinctive white and orange skin, they eat anything that is available and often try to mate with different species of fish.
What animal that live on the sea floor to have sense organs at the front of its body?
So they could find their way around and find food.
What happens to the old ocean floor as the sea floor spreads?
As the sea floor spreads, the old ocean floor gets pushed out, which makes the plates move.
Is the age of the sea floor the same age of the continents?
No. The sea floor is much younger than the continents. The oldest sea floor is about 200 million years old. The continents are billions of years old.
What happens after magma erupts along mid ocean?
The magma spills over the ridge and pushes the old sea floor away toward a subduction zone where the old sea floor melts.
What happens to magma after it erupts onto the ocean floor?
The magma spills over the ridge and pushes the old sea floor away toward a subduction zone where the old sea floor melts.
Process in which new sea floor forms as older sea floor is pulled apart?
sea-floor spreading
Where is sea floor crust created?
It was created on the sea floor.
Why is the earth 4.6 billion years old but the oldest sea floor is only 180 millions years old?
Just as new sea floor forms at mid-ocean ridges, new sea floor is forced back into the mantle at abduction zones. The oldest seafloor is at east and west the edges of the Atlantic Ocean, dating to the breakup of Pangaea.
How is the sea floor able to spread?
the sea floor separates. magma comes up the crack forming new sea floor
What s at the bottom of the earth?
We know that the sea floor is composed of old basaltic rock called SIMA . The sea floor mostly contains sand (which came from a continent ) , some marine sediment, continental sediment and some types of sediment . We also get some resources from the sea floor, like petroleum, and some marine resources, but then again the sea floor is the least explored thing on our planet. Answer: You can also find starfish at the bottom of the sea floor. Along with seaweed and other plants that grow on the sea floor.
How old are the oldest rocks found on the sea floor?
Around 200 million years of age.
The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor?
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How did harry hess find out that the sea floor was spreading?
He used a navy ship to sound the sea floor. He found out magma was coming out of the mantle and into the sea floor.
