If you travel away from a midocean ridge you will find ________.
A) increasingly older rocks
B) increasingly younger rocks
C) the seafloor is drifting opposite to your direction of motion
D) more and more earthquakes
E) little evidence of paleomagnetic reversals of the poles

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As you move away from a midocean ridge, the sea floor gets progressively older. This is because new oceanic crust is constantly being formed at the ridge and pushing the older crust away. Therefore, the correct answer is A.

If You Travel Away from a Midocean Ridge You Will