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What is a reason that explains whytheir is no continental drift on the moon?
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∙ 14y ago
The moon has no continental drift because the temperature on the moon is very cold and so prevents the heating of the mantle. Also, what there is of the heat escapes through the craters as these craters reach the core.
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How fast does continental drift happen?
Continental drift causes continents to move about 7cm per a year.
Who invented the Continental drift theory?
Alfred Wegener
How did continental drift affect temperature and precipitation patterns around the planet?
Continental drift affect temperature and precipitation patterns around the planet by changing ocean currents
Used to by Wegner to establish continental drift?
Mesosaurus Fossils
What was not used in support of the continental drift hypothesis?
composition of meteorites
How continental drift explains today's position of the continents.?
Magnetic Reversals
What theory explains how continents reached their current location?
The theory of continental drift.
What force causes movements of the the continents from one super continent to their present positions?
The reason is because of glacial desposits. The other reason is because of ice bergs and continental drift.
What hypothesis by Alfred wegener explains why continents seem to fit togethere?
Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift, suggesting that continents were once joined together in a single supercontinent called Pangaea. Over time, the supercontinent broke apart and the continents drifted to their current positions, explaining why they seem to fit together like pieces of a puzzle.
What is the very slow movement of the continents is called?
Continental Drift
What is the theory called the explains how the continents moved apart?
The continental drift theory, or the plate tectonic theory
What was the reason wegeners continental drift hypothesis was rejected?
His evidence was incorrect.
What is the theory thay explains how large pieces of earths outermost layer called tectonic plates move and change shape?
Continental Drift and the study of Plate Tectonics.
What does the continental drift explain?
Explains why some of the same plant and animal species are found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Are mountains there to be conquered or admired?
Mountains are not there for any reason, except because of continental drift.
Who thought that similar stone structures around the world meant there was a continental drift?
Alfred Wegener, according to Wegener the continental drift explains why fossils of the same plant and animal species are found on continents that are on different sides of the atlantic ocean.
Which statement best explains how fern fossils could be found in present-day Arctic regions?
The one having to do with continental drift.
