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The Earth is made up of Tectonic Plates, these are large sections of land (Continental Plates) or ocean (Oceanic Plates). The Mantle (magma beneath the Earth's crust) is heated from the core of the Earth, where it is hottest, causing a convection current, this is when a fluid (magma in this case) is heated unevenly and the hot fluid rises, causing the cooler fluid to sink in its place (forming a circular current of heating, rising, cooling and sinking.)
This current effectively drags the Tectonic Plates along in differenbt directions to each other, causing them to move apart or together, sometimes even alongside each other.
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What is the very slow movement of the continents is called?
Continental Drift
How did the seven continents break apart?
Its the whole idea of "continental drift." In this process tectonics plates spread apart making the continents drift.
Explain plate tections and the continential drift?
Continential drift is a large landform of our continents.
Can you use the word continental drift in a sentence?
Continental Drift is causing the continents to move around.
What is the process in which continents move slowly across earths surface?
Continental Drift
What is the volcanic and the drift continental theory?
the Continental Drift Theory is the slow movement of the Earths continents. A.K.A the continents drift
How is continetal drift explains today's position of the continents?
le continetal drift is explains by the position of the continents.
The theory that continents can drift apart from oneanother?
Continental Drift
What is the very slow movement of the continents is called?
Continental Drift
Why the continents separated?
Continental drift.
What is contunental drift?
a shift of continents
What primary force that causes the seafloor to spread and continents to drift?
Geothermal Drift.
How did the seven continents break apart?
Its the whole idea of "continental drift." In this process tectonics plates spread apart making the continents drift.
Slow movement of continents?
Continental drift.
What is called when continents move?
Continental drift.
What are the theories about the continents?
Continental Drift Theory :))))))
Explain plate tections and the continential drift?
Continential drift is a large landform of our continents.
