system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why are there more islands in the Pacific Ocean compared to the Atlantic Ocean? What causes this difference?

The Pacific Ocean is significantly older than The Atlantic Ocean, does this have anything to do with the amount of islands each contains? Or does the depth of the oceans play a role in it?
gpt
There are several factors.

Firstly, the pacific is obviously bigger so it's normal to expect more islands in it.

Secondly, the Atlantic is growing (South America and Africa are moving away from each other) so the newly formed ocean bottom as this happens is at the bottom of the ocean.  Some places in the Pacific are moving towards each other, hence places like Japan and New Zealand.  When two plates push together it makes sense that parts of the ocean stick up above the water.