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What would a study of the East Pacific rise (a mid-ocean ridge) indicate about the age of the basaltic bedrock in this area?
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The bedrock is youngest at the ridge.
diverging
sinking beneath the continental crust
increases
The orientation of the Earth's magnetic field has reversed with time.
Indian-Australian Plate and the Antarctic Plate
40 km/million years
As distance from the center of the ridge increases, the age of the rocks
D
The bedrock is youngest at the ridge.
diverging
sinking beneath the continental crust
increases
The orientation of the Earth's magnetic field has reversed with time.
Indian-Australian Plate and the Antarctic Plate
40 km/million years
According to the diagram, the deep trench along the west coast of South America is caused by movement of the oceanic crust that is
D
The bedrock is youngest at the ridge.
diverging
sinking beneath the continental crust
increases
The orientation of the Earth's magnetic field has reversed with time.
Indian-Australian Plate and the Antarctic Plate
40 km/million years
Which inference can best be made from the diagram?
D
The bedrock is youngest at the ridge.
diverging
sinking beneath the continental crust
increases
The orientation of the Earth's magnetic field has reversed with time.
Indian-Australian Plate and the Antarctic Plate
40 km/million years
Crustal formation, which may cause the widening of an ocean, is most likely occurring at the boundary between the
D
The bedrock is youngest at the ridge.
diverging
sinking beneath the continental crust
increases
The orientation of the Earth's magnetic field has reversed with time.
Indian-Australian Plate and the Antarctic Plate
40 km/million years
According to the diagram, what is the approximate rate of seafloor spreading?
D
The bedrock is youngest at the ridge.
diverging
sinking beneath the continental crust
increases
The orientation of the Earth's magnetic field has reversed with time.
Indian-Australian Plate and the Antarctic Plate
40 km/million years
Which cross-sectional diagram of a portion of the crust and mantle best shows the pattern of mantle convection currents that are believed to cause the formation of a mid-ocean ridge?
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The bedrock is youngest at the ridge.
diverging
sinking beneath the continental crust
increases
The orientation of the Earth's magnetic field has reversed with time.
Indian-Australian Plate and the Antarctic Plate
40 km/million years
Mid-ocean ridges (rifts) normally form where tectonic plates are
D
The bedrock is youngest at the ridge.
diverging
sinking beneath the continental crust
increases
The orientation of the Earth's magnetic field has reversed with time.
Indian-Australian Plate and the Antarctic Plate
40 km/million years
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