The continents move.
The theory of plate tectonics explains large scale motion of the earth's lithosphere.
The movement of crustal or lithospheric plates is a part of the theory of plate tectonics.
Are you referring to plate tectonics whichI believe is more than a theory. At one time all the continents were together in a land mass called Pangea. Sea floor spreading caused them to separate forming the present continents which generally look like a jig-saw puzzle you can put together. It was Alfred Wagner, a German, who first pointed this out in 1911 though the reason s were not known at the time.
No, not until later was this theory proven and supplemented by the theory of plate tectonics.
The geologist who developed the theory of plate tectonics. However, most did not believe him because Wagner did not have a mechanism for how the plates moved.
Creationist theory and plate tectonics do not disagree in any way.
Plate tectonics
A theory that says the lithosphere is divided into plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere is called '' plate tectonics''
Plate tectonics
The Continental Drift theory.
The theory of plate tectonics explains large scale motion of the earth's lithosphere.
The theory of plate tectonics explains large scale motion of the earth's lithosphere.
Plate tectonics is considered to be a unifying theory because a consensus finds it to be true. Most scientists believe the plate tectonics cause volcanoes and earthquakes.
But plate tectonics is the theory which suggests that the Earth's crust is made up of solid plates moving relative to each other. Plate tectonics and the plate tectonics theory aren't really two separate things. However plates are pieces of the Earth's crust which are moving.
The Theory of Plate Tectonics?
The theory that states that plates move around on the asthenosphere is called plate tectonics. This theory explains the movement of the Earth's lithosphere into different plates and their interactions at plate boundaries due to the convective currents in the asthenosphere beneath them.
They are the same thing.