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Although it seems impossible, the continents and sea floor form a series of plates that float on the Earth's mantle. The mantle is heated form below (the core of the Earth is molten) and this causes the mantle to convect (like a boiling pan of thick soup). The convention happens only very slowly but as it does it moves the surface plates about. The plates move at about the speed your fingernails grow.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoContinents and ocean floors are located on the crust of the Earth. The crust is basically floating, which is why it moves.
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∙ 13y agothe ocean plates move because of the movement of the the tectonic plates beneath the ocean and do to the motion of the oceans currents.
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What is the name of the theory that explains how forces within the earth can cause ocean floor to spread and continents to move?
Theory of plate tectonics explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move
What makes the continent and the ocean floor unstable?
The continents and ocean floor are unstable because the plates of the lithosphere move. When the plate move, they cause the continents and ocean floor to move.
What are the steps in the sea floor spreading?
In sea-floor spreading,the sea floor spreads apart along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge as a new crust is added.As a result,the ocean floors move like conveyor belts,carrying the continents along with them.
What is the ocean of molten rock on which the continents float called?
There is no ocean of molten rock underneath the continents. Tectonic plates, both oceanic and continental, move on top of the ductile asthenosphere.
What continents can the ocean ecosystem be found?
Oceans are not found on continents.
What is the name of the theory that explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move?
Theory of plate tectonics explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move
What is the name of the theory that explains how forces deep within earth can cause floors to spread and continents to move?
Theory of plate tectonics explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move
What is the name of the theory that explains how forces within the earth can cause ocean floor to spread and continents to move?
Theory of plate tectonics explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move
What is the name of the theory that explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continent to move?
Theory of plate tectonics explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move
What are found over the continents and also on the ocean floors?
Volcano's
Where does new crust come from in sea-floor spreading?
The ocean floors are crustal plates and move, carrying the continents along with them. This movement begins at a mid-ocean ridge. A ridge forms along a crack in the oceanic crust, where molten material is heated by the mantle and erupts. In this process, called sea-floor spreading, the sea floor spreads apart along both sides of a mid-ocean ridge as new crust is added. As a result, the ocean floors move like conveyor belts, carrying the continents along with them.
What makes the continent and the ocean floor unstable?
The continents and ocean floor are unstable because the plates of the lithosphere move. When the plate move, they cause the continents and ocean floor to move.
What does the geosphere do?
Technically it does nothing. Geosphere is all of the features on earths surface. (continents, ocean floors etc.)
Why are the continents and the ocean floors moving?
Contienental drift, which is when under the surface magma spreads apart and streches the crust apart.
What are the steps in the sea floor spreading?
In sea-floor spreading,the sea floor spreads apart along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge as a new crust is added.As a result,the ocean floors move like conveyor belts,carrying the continents along with them.
What are steps in the process sea floor spreading?
In sea-floor spreading,the sea floor spreads apart along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge as a new crust is added.As a result,the ocean floors move like conveyor belts,carrying the continents along with them.
What are the steps in the process of the sea-floor spreading?
In sea-floor spreading,the sea floor spreads apart along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge as a new crust is added.As a result,the ocean floors move like conveyor belts,carrying the continents along with them.
