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What made continents move?

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∙ 9y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

The continents moved because of the tectonic plates of earth that they rest on.

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What made the continents break apart and continue to move?

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What are the parts of the plate that move when plates move?

continents


How rifting and accretion change the shapes of continents?

they can increase or move the size of the continents


What cause the continents to move?

Plate Activity causes it to move.


From where to where did the continents move?

from north to south


Why did the continents move?

The continents move due to plate tectonics, which is the movement of the Earth's lithosphere plates on the asthenosphere beneath them. This movement is caused by convection currents in the mantle, leading to the drifting of continents over millions of years.


What do scientist now think is causing the continents to move?

They now think that the continents are moving because of tectonic plates and how they move, or drift, apart.


Idea that continents move on Earth's surface?

The idea that continents move slowly across the earth's surface is called the continental drift.


Why did our ancestors move to other continents?

to work


What is called when continents move?

Continental drift.


Why the continents move?

Because of plate techtonics


How they measured the continents move?

by how the nature moved

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