Question

a driving force for plate motion at mid-ocean ridges as a result of the rigid lithosphere sliding down________.

A.slad pull
B.ridge push
C.convection current
D.seafloor spreading ​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

(B) RIDGE PUSH

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Answer 2

A Driving Force for plate motion at mid-ocean ridges as a result of the rigid lithosphere sliding down (B)Ridge push.

Explanation:

• Gravitational sliding is a term used to describe ridge push. A plate moves away from an ocean ridge's crest and into a subduction zone due to the gravitational force.

• It acts in tandem with Slab Pull but has a considerably smaller impact. As a result of gravitational attraction, it exerts a body force throughout an ocean plate, not just along the ridge.

• Ridge push occurs when gravitational forces impact on the youthful, raised oceanic lithosphere around mid-ocean ridges, causing it to slide down the similarly raised but weaker asthenosphere and push on lithospheric material further away from the ridges.