If the Atlantic Ocean Floor Is Getting Wider,why Is the Earth

question 35

Multiple Choice

If the Atlantic Ocean floor is getting wider,why is the Earth not becoming larger?

• A) Actually, the Atlantic Ocean floor is not getting wider.
• B) Old ocean floor sinks at subduction zones (trenches).
• C) It is becoming denser, so it takes up no more space.
• D) It becomes part of the edge of the adjacent continent.
• E) It melts at oceanic transform faults.