Multiple Choice
Why is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge important to geologists?
A) It is a divergent boundary, causing the Atlantic Ocean to widen by about 5 centimeters each year.
B) Massive earthquakes take place there every day.
C) It is the source of tsunamis.
D) Plate subduction occurs, shrinking the Atlantic ocean about 5 centimeters each year.
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