What is the difference between a mid-ocean ridge and a deep-ocean trench?
1 Answer
Jan 22, 2017
A mid ocean ridge is a divergent boundary where plates are moving apart, An ocean trench is a convergent boundary where plates are moving together.
Explanation:
Mid ocean ridge are where new crustal material is forced to the surface. The new crustal material is pushed apart forming two different plates moving in two different directions.
An ocean trench is where old crustal material is pushed under another plate where it is melted and turned into magma.
The sediments near a mid ocean ridge on the youngest sedimentary layer. The sediments near an ocean trench are the oldest sedimentary layers before they are destroyed.
