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According to theory of plate tectonics?
The continents move.
Most scientists rejected wegner's theory of continental drift because the theory failed to explain?
Wegener's theory didn't explain how the continents could plow through the solid rock of the sea floor, and he was unable to give a convincing explanation of what force could move entire continents.
Why shadow of all things on earth move during the day?
Shadows are caused by the sun's rays upon the earth. As the sun rotates and moves during the day, the rays move and so shadows also move during daytime
Why was wegners continental drift hypothesis rejected by the scientific community?
because he couldn't explain what forces caused the continents to move... :D yup that's why
When the potential energy of a material changes what happens to the materials what of matter changes?
In a solid the particles are close together and in fixed positions In a liquid the particles are still really close together but can move around past each other In a gas the particles are free to move and far apart During a state change the particles in the substance will change from being in one of the above to another
How were mountain belts helpful in deciding where to move the continents?
You can not DECIDE where to move continents, the movement of continents is a natural geological process, nothing man does can affect it.
True or false during the second geological era all land that had formed began to move together to form one continent?
True
How have continents moved in the past?
Plate tectonics. Continents are the exposed (from the oceans) geological areas of tectonic plates. Continents can also be on top of more than one tectonic plate. When these plates move, continents move with them. Millions of years ago, continents were split apart and also created by tectonic plate movement.
How did the continents move during each of the eras?
They moved by plate tectonics. When continents move, they are resting on plates that glide.
What period did the continents move together to form Pangaea?
Pangaea came together over a period of time spanning the Carboniferous and Permian periods. It broke up mostly during the Jurassic period.
When did the continents split apart?
I saw that yesterday, Gotta log on ZINGO! During plate movement, the plates under the continents moved apart. This caused the land to move in separate directions. When the continents were all put together, the land was known as Pangea. Plate movement also causes the land to move together, which forms mountains.
How does continents move during continental drift?
convection currents caused by earth's core
Tectonic plates that move apart most likely are loacted along?
Continents because the continents were together before when the earth was in its early stages then every thing separated so therefore the answer is continents
How and why have the shapes of the continents changed over millions of years?
By way of a geological process call "Plate Tectonics" (aka continental drift). Continents sit on 8 major plates which are denser than the level below them and move 50-100 mm annually.
Do the continents fit together like the pieces of a puzzle?
yes, they do but in time they move apart from each other
Where all the continents together?
They where all stuck together so the Dinosaurs could move all around the world.But then all the Contients were separated.
Can the continents come together again?
Yes. The convection currents in the mantle caused the continents to move apart, and eventually, they will once again meet someplace else on Earth.
