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What theory of plate tectonics says that South America broke apart from?
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The theory that plates were once joined together and gradually moved apart was called?
The theory of plate tectonics
What is the theory of Pangea?
The theory of Pangaea was that the continents were once together and then were drifted apart due to plate tectonics.
What is the theory that plates have moved apart over tmie?
Alfred Wegeners 1912 theory of Plate tectonics and continental drift.
What is the theory that the continents can drift apart from each other and have done so in the past?
Plate tectonics (This is the mechanism), the theory is continental drift.
Are Europe and America drifting closing together or further apart?
North America and Europe are moving farther apart because of the theory of plate tectonics.
What is theory called that explains how the continents moved apart?
Continental Drift, unless you are looking for a technical term for something else. Actually, is it theory or is it reality?
What is the average rate at which South America and Africa have moved apart?
Why is South America and Africa moveded apart?
Theory that the continents are slowing moving apart from each other?
Plate Tectonics has some continents moving apart (e.g. North America and Europe) and others moving together or colliding (e.g. India and Asia). The movement is complex as it is driven by convection cells in the mantle.
Does the result of the continents drifting apart have something to do with the theory of continental drift?
yes. because of the sea-floor spreading making Africa and South America drift apart even more
Is central America a apart of north America or south America?
North America
What continents does North America border?
North America borders South America. Apart from that, it is surrounded by ocean.
At what rate do continents move apart?
sea floor spreadingThe continents of South America and Africa started to spread apart when the mid-Atlantic ocean ridge started creating new oceanic crust which pushed the continents apart.
