Mid-ocean Ridge:

a long line of seafloor

Ocean trench: mountains where new crust is
Deep canyons in the formed.
sea-floor where
subduction occurs, and old
crust sinks into the
mantle.

Sonar: A
system that
uses
underwater
sound waves to
map the ocean
floor.
Age of the
Sea Floor
sea-floor:
Spreading: The
Newer crust (younger) is
process by which new
found at mid-ocean ridges
crust is created at
and older crust is pushed
mid-ocean ridges and
toward the continents.
pushes old crust toward
This diagram to the left
continents. This whole
shows the older crust in
diagram shows the process
the blue and the
of seafloor spreading.
younger crust in the red.