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continental drift is caused by currents in the magma below the earth's crust. The plates float on this liquid, and are constantly moving bit by bit, influenced by these currents.
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What is the very slow movement of the continents is called?
Continental Drift
What is the activity of the earth's moving plates called?
It is known as the continental drift.
What causes the continents and the earth's major plates to move?
continental drift
What process caused the earth to divide into seven continents?
Continental drift.
What the name for earth's continents move slowly over time?
Continental Drift. :)
What is continental drift in own words?
Continental drift is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other.
What does continental drift do to the features of the planet?
Continental drift is one of the many affects of the earth and it can harm the earth because it could crash into other countries
Describe the relationship of continental drift and plate tectonics?
The relationship of continental drift and plate tectonics is that the plate tectonics move and are under the ground and the continental drift is on the top of earth...
What happens to earth during the fall?
the earth's surface as a continental drift
What happens to the Earth's surface during Fall?
the earth's surface as a continental drift
What is Oceanic Drift?
Artwork by Val Britton (see related link below) The Earth's oceans being fluid cannot drift! Continental drift is the very slow movement of continental plates floating on the Earth's mantle.
What is the very slow movement of the continents is called?
Continental Drift
At my deepest point I am a mile deep slice into Earth's history and a very popular tourist attraction is it continental drift?
No, a continental drift is how the continents move!
Explain plate tectonics and the mechansim of continental drift?
Plate tectonics describes the motion of the Earth's lithosphere which brings about continental drift due to convection currents.
What is the activity of the earth's moving plates called?
It is known as the continental drift.
What causes the continents and the earth's major plates to move?
continental drift
What process caused the earth to divide into seven continents?
Continental drift.
