What happens to new oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge?

a. it forms new mountains under the water

b. it climbs up the mantle to form a trench

c. it gets hotter and sinks into a trench

d. it is so dense that gravity puls it into a deep-ocean trench

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Caiden Gray

22 April, 02:12

What happens to new oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge?

a. it forms new mountains under the water

b. it climbs up the mantle to form a trench

c. it gets hotter and sinks into a trench

d. it is so dense that gravity puls it into a deep-ocean trench

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Tyson Tran · Answer 1

It climbs up the mantle to form a trench. Its not A because mountains form when 2 continental plates converge but since we are talking about an oceanic and a continental plate, that answer is not right and c and d make no sense what so ever

What happens to new oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge?a. it forms new mountains under the waterb. it climbs up the mantle to form a trenchc. it gets hotter and sinks into a trenchd. it is so dense that gravity puls it into a deep-ocean trench

What happens to new oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge?

a. it forms new mountains under the water

b. it climbs up the mantle to form a trench

c. it gets hotter and sinks into a trench

d. it is so dense that gravity puls it into a deep-ocean trench