On a Map Showing the Age of the Seafloor,why Are

question 54

Multiple Choice

On a map showing the age of the seafloor,why are the patterns symmetrical in the Atlantic Ocean but not the Pacific Ocean?

• A)Spreading along the Atlantic ridge added seafloor to plates on both sides,while subduction has consumed large areas of old oceanic crust in the Pacific.
• B)Subduction occurred at the same rate along the eastern and western sides of the Atlantic,but not in the Pacific.
• C)Subduction has consumed large areas of old oceanic crust in the Atlantic,more than in the Pacific.
• D)Spreading in the Atlantic has been faster than sea-floor spreading in the Pacific

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