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How was plate tectonics proven through continental drift?
The creation of crust at the mid-oceanic ridges.
Why does one continental plate slide under the other?
Because magma rises through hot spots( holes in the ground on the ocean floor) and cools forming new crust which repeats over hundreds of years making the oceanic crust more dense than continental crust. Since the oceanic crust is more dense, it sinks faster causing it to slide under the continental crust
New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of?
New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of continental drift.
Does the oceanic plate theory provide evidence for continental drift?
Yes
How are ocean ridge and deep ocean trench related to plate tectonics?
Ocean ridges are produced at divergent plate boundaries, where two plates are moving apart, and new crust is being created which fills the void. At an oceanic trench, two plates are colliding, and the more dense plate is subducted into the mantle. These collisions and separations of crust at their boundaries are responsible for the movement of oceanic and continental crust over time, originally referred to as continental drift.
Is the theory of the continental drift true?
Continental Drift is an obsolete name for the theory of Plate Tectonics and yes, it is true. It has been proved in many ways, by comparing the composition of oceanic crust and its ages with that of the continental crust, by plotting the reversals of magnetism in the oceanic crust and many other ways.
Match the feature or term in column 1 to the the characteristics in column 2?
Volcano develops from one place lives under another continental drift moving plates subduction zone were oceanic crust collides with the continental crust magma made from melting plates I voice typed
How was plate tectonics proven through continental drift?
The creation of crust at the mid-oceanic ridges.
Why does one continental plate slide under the other?
Because magma rises through hot spots( holes in the ground on the ocean floor) and cools forming new crust which repeats over hundreds of years making the oceanic crust more dense than continental crust. Since the oceanic crust is more dense, it sinks faster causing it to slide under the continental crust
New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of?
New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of continental drift.
How do glacial deposits support continental drift?
crust
Does the oceanic plate theory provide evidence for continental drift?
Yes
Is the continental drift the new crust that forms magma?
yes it is
The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of . global positioning oceanic drifts continental drift magnetic reversal?
"continental drift"
How are ocean ridge and deep ocean trench related to plate tectonics?
Ocean ridges are produced at divergent plate boundaries, where two plates are moving apart, and new crust is being created which fills the void. At an oceanic trench, two plates are colliding, and the more dense plate is subducted into the mantle. These collisions and separations of crust at their boundaries are responsible for the movement of oceanic and continental crust over time, originally referred to as continental drift.
What do you mean by plate tectonics?
The two sub-layers of the earth's crust (lithosphere) that move,float&sometimes fracture & whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquake, volcanoes, mountains & oceanic trenches
What is the main reaction to shift in the earth's crust?
Continental drift or gravity pulling
