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There is land beneath the oceans, tectonic plate boundaries separate land masses.
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How are earths continents linked?
They were once together in a form called Pangea look at a map all the continents fit together like a puzzle
Why do scientist believe that there was once just one supercontinent?
The geologic evidence points to, in the past, there being several "super continents" which contained most of the Earths land masses. See the animation linked to below.
What is a theory on how earths continents move?
plate tectonicts moved the continents awat from each other.
If Earths plates and continents are constantly moving what effect does this have on Earths oceans?
it creates waves sometomes tsunami's
What percentage of the earths surface do the continents represent?
30%
How are earths continents linked?
They were once together in a form called Pangea look at a map all the continents fit together like a puzzle
Did earths continents always look the same?
no before humans appeared the continents were all smooshed together
Why are the linked rings an olympic symbols?
The five rings symbolize the continents: Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, and America. (North and South America are included as one.) They are linked together to show the unity of the continents.
If continents bash in together can it become an earthquake?
When any continents bash in together, there is most likely to be an earthquake. When Earths crust bash against each other, there is an earthquake which sometimes causes sunamis. If that happens to Earth's crust, why not to continents?
The Olympic symbol comparises of five rings are circles linked together to represent?
to represent the Ring (continents) are together during the Olympics.
What does the five rings reperesent at the Olympic flag?
The five rings of the Olympic flag represent the five major continents of the world, linked together in friendship.
What do the 7 continents look like?
the earths continents are the same ..
What did earths continents look like?
Approximately 300 million years ago, the Earth's continents were joined together in a supercontinent known as Pangaea. Over time, Pangaea split apart to form the continents as we recognize them today.
Do continents drift slowly on earths upper mantle or earths core?
Continents drift on top of the upper mantle. The core is much further down.
What is the largest of all continental land masses?
Easy, Afro-Eurasia. It is not only three of the seven continents linked together in one land mass, it includes the two largest of the seven continents: Asia and Africa.
Why do scientist believe that there was once just one supercontinent?
The geologic evidence points to, in the past, there being several "super continents" which contained most of the Earths land masses. See the animation linked to below.
What was Alfred wegeners project?
His project was to find out how or give an explication on how the continents are the same today and answer a question that another guy said the other guy said that the earths continents were once all together but that guy didn't know how to explain how it happens
