When new oceanic lithosphere is generated at an oceanic ridge, what happens to the two plates on either side of the ridge?

The two plates becomes larger

Explanation:

The mid-oceanic ridges are the landforms that are formed at the divergent plate boundaries, and these represent the spreading zone. The magma below the earth's crust becomes so hot and pushes upward with great force, as a result of which the magma comes out at the seafloor, resulting in the addition of new materials to the oceanic crust.

This formation of new crust results in the expansion of the plates. The size of the plates becomes larger on both sides of the ridge. The rocks that are formed along the mid-oceanic ridges are the geologically the youngest rocks.

the correct answers are:

a - pacific plate;

it is the biggest oceanic tectonic plate. surrounded on all sides by continental tectonic plates, it is submerging and gradually becoming smaller and smaller.

b - north american plate;

huge continental plate, occupying big portion of the northern hemisphere.

c -eurasian plate;

alongside the north american plate, it is one of the two dominant continental plates in the northern hemisphere.

d - indian plate;

a small continental plate, that has been part of gondwanaland initially, but after the break up of it, moved towards northeast and pushed into the eurasian plate that was once part of laurasia.

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