Earth's mantle is exposed on the ocean floor in great slabs of rock between widely-spaced volcanoes in ________.
A) deep-ocean trenches
B) oceanic ridges
C) oceanic rises
D) ultra-slow spreading centers
E) volcanic arcs
Question 2
Isostatic adjustments are the result of the buoyancy of Earth's lithosphere as it floats on the ________ below which is denser and plastic like.
A) asthenosphere
B) mesosphere
C) outer core
D) inner core