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Because tectonic plates move, therefore if the continent is on it, it moves with it!
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What causes colliding plates?
tectonic movement can cause tectonic plates to collide, drift apart, or slide across one another
How does the motion of the tectonic plates relate to continental drift?
Continental drift is the theory that "plates" on the Earth are constantly in motion and have been for millions of years. Tectonic plates are the actual moving plates.
How does the motion of tectonic plates relate continental drift?
Continental drift is the theory that "plates" on the Earth are constantly in motion and have been for millions of years. Tectonic plates are the actual moving plates.
How does motion of tectonic plates relate to continental drift?
Continental drift is the theory that "plates" on the Earth are constantly in motion and have been for millions of years. Tectonic plates are the actual moving plates.
What is the therory that explain the movement of tectonic plates?
Continental drift
What do scientist now think might be a possible cause of the of continental drift?
They now think that the continents are moving because of tectonic plates and how they move, or drift, apart.
How is plate tectonic theory different from continental drift theory?
They are actually part of the "same" theory. Seafloor spreading and subduction are the driving forces of continental drift. Pangaea was the Earth's only continent 4 billion years ago. Tectonic plates are small plates, while continent drift is several tectonic plates moving as a mass (continent). There are 21 large plates and dozens of smaller ones.
How did you break land into 7 continents?
Continental drift - the movement of tectonic plates
Who was the first person to discover continental drift and tectonic plates?
Alfred Wegener
What causes a super- continent to break apart?
The shifting of tectonic plates and continental drift.
What caused pangaea's plates to move?
The movement of tectonic plates caused by convection currents in the mantle.
How does the movement of tectonic plates and continents relate?
When the plates drift apart through sea floor spreading, so do the continents
