What is associated with the formation of a new continent? lava tectonic plates homeostasis earthquakes moon cycle layers of the earth (crust, mantle, etc.)
What are mid-ocean ridges? What happens with lava under the original oceanic crust?
What are mid-ocean ridges? What happens with lava under the original oceanic crust?
Magma rises from the earth's mantle.
The erupting lava causes the original seafloor to push outward, creating a mid-ocean ridge.
Tectonic plates must move apart.
Underwater sea vents cause currents that break off the continental crust, forming oceans in between.
