Why Is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Important to Geologists

question 12

Multiple Choice

Why is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge important to geologists?

• A) It is a divergent boundary, causing the Atlantic Ocean to widen by about 5 centimeters each year.
• B) Massive earthquakes take place there every day.
• C) It is the source of tsunamis.
• D) Plate subduction occurs, shrinking the Atlantic ocean about 5 centimeters each year.

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