Which of the following is true?
A)The age of the sea floor is the same in most areas of the ocean.
B)The age of the sea floor does not follow a discernable pattern.
C)The age of the sea floor increases with increasing distance from a midocean ridge.
D)The age of the sea floor increases with increasing distance from a trench.
E)The oldest sea floor material is several billion years in age.

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The age of the sea floor increases with increasing distance from a midocean ridge due to the process of seafloor spreading, where new oceanic crust is formed at midocean ridges and then moves away from the ridge, causing the crust to become progressively older with increasing distance from the ridge. Option A and B are incorrect as they are not consistent with seafloor spreading. Option D is also incorrect as the age of the sea floor does not increase with increasing distance from a trench. Option E is incorrect as no sea floor material is several billion years in age due to the constant recycling of the crust through plate tectonics.

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