(Solved): Consider plate tectonic processes and related geologic materials and features. Which of the followi ...

Consider plate tectonic processes and related geologic materials and features. Which of the following are correct or true statements? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. Ocean floors are made mostly of weak basalts and are less dense than granitic continental rocks: and that is why ocean water can push down on the basalts to create the basins that hold the ocean water. Ocean floors are much younger in age than the old cores or shield areas of continents. At Ocean-Continent Convergent Plate Boundaries the ocean floor subducts below the continent and causes a pattern of earthquakes that are deeper as the map distance from the trench increases. The Hawaiian Islands and Emperor seamount chain occur in the Pacific Ocean along a Transform Plate Boundary. The rate at which human fingernails grow (a few \( \mathrm{cm} \) per year) is roughly similar to how fast the seafloor spreads apart along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Basalt is the main type of volcanic rock and ash erupted at the volcanoes of the Andes Mountains (located along a Plate Boundary along the west coast of South America).