BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · प्रश्न 23
The process that continually adds new crust is:
उत्तर दाखवा आणि स्पष्टीकरण
उत्तर: (C) seafloor spreading
स्पष्टीकरण
At divergent mid-ocean ridges, seafloor spreading continuously creates new crust (Harry Hess).
- (A) चूक
Wrong: subduction destroys crust.
- (B) चूक
Wrong: earthquakes do not create crust.
- (C) बरोबर
Correct: magma rising at mid-ocean ridges forms new oceanic crust.
- (D) चूक
Wrong: convection drives plates but does not itself add crust.