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If new crust is forming on the mid-ocean ridge, why doesn't the Earth get bigger?

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Answer:The earth isn't getting any bigger because when ocean crust subducts, or slides under, other pieces of Earth's crust the earth just makes more.

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Answer: The earth isn't getting any bigger because when ocean crust subducts, or slides under, other pieces of Earth's crust the earth just makes more.

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