Geologists Tested the Model of Sea Floor Spreading by Dating

question 32

Multiple Choice

Geologists tested the model of sea floor spreading by dating rocks from the ocean floor. The model successfully predicted that ocean rocks

• A) get younger with increasing distance from a mid-ocean ridge.
• B) get older with increasing distance from a mid-ocean ridge.
• C) get older moving from south to north along the top of a mid-ocean ridge.
• D) show no particular pattern of age with respect to the mid-ocean ridges.

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