When two continents begin to drift toward one another, its because the tectonic plate which the ocean between them lies on is being subducted beneath another tectonic plate; basically the oceanic crust (land) beneath the ocean is being pulled down underneath another piece of crust. Once all the oceanic crust has been swallowed up, there is no more ocean left between the continents and so they 'meet'. The continents don't get pulled down beneath one another though; oceanic crust is different to continental crust in that it is denser and less buoyant, so it can be pulled down. Continental crust is less dense and is too buoyant to be subducted. The surface of the Earth is covered by tectonic plates which fit together like a complete jigsaw puzzle; the continents and the land beneath the oceans are just the crust which sit on top of the tectonic plates. While some oceans are 'shrinking' because of subduction, elsewhere in the world, oceans are growing because oceanic crust is being created by lava erupting through openings in the sea floor, which then cools, and sets to form solid crust.
There are things under the Earth called Continental plates. Every year the shift across the Earth because they are moved by the water.
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Sorry, Andromeda and earth are moving away from each other, not towards each other.
It's true! There is a theory called Pangea that tells how the continents were together before. After a while, the planets moved farther and farther away each other.
Transform boundary is when the plates are sliding past each other: ↑ ↓; Divergent is when plates are sliding away from each other: ← →; and convergent is when plates are sliding towards each other: → ←. Those are the three main plate boundaries.
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The continents move by continental dirt which was hypothosized by Alfred Wegener who was dis-resepcted back then because people though it was impossible for the continents and plates to move. But, Wegener was right and he became very famous for discovering Pangaea which is German for "super-continent" , they my also be moved by earthquakes and other natural disasters.
the plates are moving away from each other.
They move away from each other in other words they are shifting.
It where to plates rub past each other; move away from each other; or move towards each other.
Sorry, Andromeda and earth are moving away from each other, not towards each other.
The continental drift pulled all the continents away from each other. I LUV MUSHROOMS!
They slide, move towards and move away from each.
Europe, Asia, and Africa touch each other at the junction known as the tripoint where the countries of Russia, Georgia, and Turkey meet. This is the only place on Earth where three continents physically connect.
Pangaea formed approximately 300 million years ago when all the Earth's landmasses were joined together as a single supercontinent. The movement of tectonic plates caused the continents to drift apart over millions of years, eventually resulting in the current layout of continents.
The action of continents drifting apart from each other is called, "Continental Drift". It is no longer a theory, as it has been proven to be so. Of course, as certain continents move apart from each other, they also are moving closer to other continents.
There are faults in the earth and there were earthquakes on the faults that slowly moved the plates away from each other or one one top of another or they pushed up to form a mountain
They will repel (push away) from each other. Opposites attract. Likes repel.
Continents are not tecnically moving 'away' from each other, they are just moving. This is due to the sub continent plates and the volcanic activity in the ocean. As new volcanic matter from the earths core comes to the surface it pushes continental plates apart.