Sabrina and Chris are researching underwater mountains called seamounts. Sabrina says that they are formed by divergent plates, because they occur near mid-ocean ridges. Chris says they are formed by meteors that have crashed into the ocean, because he saw it in an action movie. Who has the better scientific claim?

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Issac Schmidt

18 July, 11:28

Sabrina and Chris are researching underwater mountains called seamounts. Sabrina says that they are formed by divergent plates, because they occur near mid-ocean ridges. Chris says they are formed by meteors that have crashed into the ocean, because he saw it in an action movie. Who has the better scientific claim?

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Saige Snow · Answer 1

Sabrina has the better scientific claim

Explanation:

Sabrina has a scientific claim caiuse it is backed up by data and facts, and the knowledges of previous researches that have created hypothesis of the creation of under water mountains, compared to the claim of Chris that is saying something just because he saw it in a movie, Sabrina's claim is the best out of the two.

Karla · Answer 2

they are formed by meteors that have crashed into the ocean, because he saw it in an action movie