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Why are the patterns showing the age of the seafloor symmetrical in the Atlantic Ocean but not the Pacific Ocean? A. spreading along the Atlantic ridge added seafloor to plates on both sidesB. subduction has consumed large areas of old oceanic crust in the PacificC. subduction has consumed large areas of old oceanic crust in the AtlanticD. none of the aboveE. both a and b
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