The Ocean Floor Is a Maximum of About 200 Million

question 17

Multiple Choice

The ocean floor is a maximum of about 200 million years in age because

• A) Earth is only 200 million years old.
• B) the ocean floor is pushed up onto continental material during plate collisions.
• C) the ocean floor subducts during plate collisions.
• D) hot spots continuously destroy the ocean floor.
• E) None of the above-the ocean floor is 3.96 billion years old.

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