Question

1. Why is the oceanic crust easily broken?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.Oceanic crust is constantly formed at mid-ocean ridges, where tectonic plates are tearing apart from each other.The age and density of oceanic crust increases with distance from mid-ocean ridges. Just as oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges, it is destroyed in subduction zones.

2.The plates can be thought of like pieces of a cracked shell that rest on the hot, molten rock of Earth's mantle and fit snugly against one another. The heat from radioactive processes within the planet's interior causes the plates to move, sometimes toward and sometimes away from each other.

3.A place's absolute location is its exact place on Earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude. For example, the Empire State Building is located at 40.7 degrees north (latitude), 74 degrees west (longitude). It sits at the intersection of 33rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City, New York.