1.What factors make it difficult to explore the ocean floor?
The ocean floor is difficult for 3 reasons . The deep ocean is totally dark, the water is very cold and finally the water preassure is very high.
2.Why doesn't Earth get larger when new rock is added to the ocean floor at the mid-ocean ridge?
Because is getting renewed every time by the ocean floor process.
Vocabulary:
- Volcanic Island: A volcano above the water line.
- Mid-Ocean Ridge : Ridge line in the middle of the ocean.
- Deep Ocean Trench: Steep -sided canyons.
- Seamount : Underwater volcano
- Continental Slope: Steep incline (ocean floor).
- Abyssal Plain: Smooth nearly flat area of the ocean floor.
- Continental Shelf : Gently , slopping shallow area.