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They didn't. If you take out all the water from the seas and ocean, you would see the continents are still connected by land (save for the faults). Unless the tectonic plates were reduced to the incredibly small sizes therefore allowing them to shift like you are misled to believe, there is no chance of the continents shifting as they are all part of the ground, not floating.
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When the shift occurs in the earths crust the energy radiates as what?
what does the energy come out as when a shift occurs in the earths crust called
What is a theory on how earths continents move?
plate tectonicts moved the continents awat from each other.
What occurs when earths crust shift?
Earthquakes.
If Earths plates and continents are constantly moving what effect does this have on Earths oceans?
it creates waves sometomes tsunami's
What percentage of the earths surface do the continents represent?
30%
Did the earths continent shift?
Yes, the continents move and shift around; this is the theory of plate tectonics.
What do the 7 continents look like?
the earths continents are the same ..
Can a pole shift cause the continents to move?
A pole shift is not what causes the continents to move. It is the pressures from under the oceans' plates.
When the shift occurs in the earths crust the energy radiates as what?
what does the energy come out as when a shift occurs in the earths crust called
What is contunental drift?
a shift of continents
Do continents drift slowly on earths upper mantle or earths core?
Continents drift on top of the upper mantle. The core is much further down.
What is a theory on how earths continents move?
plate tectonicts moved the continents awat from each other.
What are large chunks of earths crust called?
Continents
Are the earths countries moving further apart?
No the continents are.
What is a large landmass that is part of the earths crust?
continents
What is all the earths land called?
Continents and Islands
How can the presence of the seven continents on the earths surface be explained?
the earths plates shifted....
