Which pattern describes the ages of ocean rocks based on core samples from the ocean floor?(1 point)

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Younger rocks are colder and are located closer to subduction zones.
Younger rocks are colder and are located closer to subduction zones.

Younger rocks are colder and are located closer to mid-ocean ridges.
Younger rocks are colder and are located closer to mid-ocean ridges.

Younger rocks are warmer and are located closer to mid-ocean ridges.
Younger rocks are warmer and are located closer to mid-ocean ridges.

Younger rocks are warmer and are located closer to subduction zones. help

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Younger rocks are warmer and are located closer to mid-ocean ridges.

This pattern is due to the process of seafloor spreading at mid-ocean ridges, where magma rises to create new oceanic crust. As you move away from the mid-ocean ridges, the rocks become older and cooler.