The Gakkel Ridge is an area where two ocean tectonic plates are diverging. What can you conclude is happening in this area?
a) The plates are moving away from each other and creating a mid-ocean ridge
b) Frequent earthquakes are caused by the plates moving towards each other
c)One plate is being slowly subducted underneath the other plate, creating volcanoes
d) Deep trenches and crevices are formed when the plate boundaries rub past each other
Answers
The Gakkel ridge is formed by the diverging of the two earth's tectonic plates, North American plate and the Eurasian plate.
The plates are moving away from each other and creating a mid-ocean ridge. But the rate of movement is very slow being less than one centimeter per year.
In various expeditions carried out, scientists have discovered proof of the existence of many volcanoes in this ridge and the presence of new species of microbial colonies.
The Gakkel Ridge is an area where two ocean tectonic plates are diverging. What can you conclude is happening in this area?
a) The plates are moving away from each other and creating a mid-ocean ridge
b) Frequent earthquakes are caused by the plates moving towards each other
c)One plate is being slowly subducted underneath the other plate, creating volcanoes
d) Deep trenches and crevices are formed when the plate boundaries rub past each other
Answer: option a is the correct answer.