Exploring the Ocean Floor
1. What factors make it difficult to explore the ocean floor?
The water pressure is high and the water below is freezing cold.
2. Why doesn't the Earth get larger when new rock is added to the ocean floor at the mid-ocean ridge?
This is because it's renewed by the ocean floor.
The water pressure is high and the water below is freezing cold.
2. Why doesn't the Earth get larger when new rock is added to the ocean floor at the mid-ocean ridge?
This is because it's renewed by the ocean floor.
Vocabulary:
Volcanic Island: A volcano above the water line.
Mid-Ocean Ridge : Ridge line in the middle of the ocean.
Volcanic Island: A volcano above the water line.
Mid-Ocean Ridge : Ridge line in the middle of the ocean.