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- The locations of the continents has changed (and is continuing to change) due to plate tectonics.
- Fold mountains and volcanoes have been formed where different plates have collided with each other (the Himalayan mountains are still growing due to the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates).
- New oceans have been formed at divergent boundaries where two plates are moving away from each other (this mechanism formed the Atlantic Ocean and causes the US and Europe to move approximately 2.5 cm further apart every year). This process is also causing the East African Rift valley to form, and may one day create a new ocean there.
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Which the theory views the earths surface as composed of slowly moving plates?
Plate tectonics.
What are plate tectonics and what does it have to do with the earths shape?
Plate tectonics are what each continent is on. They move and are continuing to move today. It has to do with the earth's shape because the plate tectonics move the continents around.
How has the earths surface changed since the beginning of earths time?
The Earth's surface has changed significantly over time due to processes such as plate tectonics, erosion, and volcanic activity. Continents have shifted positions, mountains have formed and eroded, and oceans have expanded and contracted. These changes have been ongoing for billions of years and continue to shape the Earth's surface today.
What Is the theory that the earths lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere?
A theory that says the lithosphere is divided into plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere is called '' plate tectonics''
What can occur to earths surface as a result of plate tectonics?
Plate tectonics can cause various geological phenomena on Earth's surface, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the formation of mountains and oceanic trenches. These movements of tectonic plates can also lead to the creation and destruction of landmasses and the shifting of continents over millions of years.
What are plates techonics?
plate tectonics are moving plates under the earths surface
Which the theory views the earths surface as composed of slowly moving plates?
Plate tectonics.
Did the upper mantle or core of earths surface drive the plate tectonics?
The mantle, being of a silly-putty-like consistancy, is responsible for the movement of the plates on earth's crust, or plate tectonics.
Are blizzards used as a evidence the the earths surface consist of plates that are in continuous motion?
No. Blizzards have nothing to do with plate tectonics.
Which theory explains the processes that shape the Earths surface into mountains deep-sea trenches and oceanic ridges?
plate tectonics
How do earths convection currents move?
from plate tectonics
What are plate tectonics and what does it have to do with the earths shape?
Plate tectonics are what each continent is on. They move and are continuing to move today. It has to do with the earth's shape because the plate tectonics move the continents around.
How has the earths surface changed since the beginning of earths time?
The Earth's surface has changed significantly over time due to processes such as plate tectonics, erosion, and volcanic activity. Continents have shifted positions, mountains have formed and eroded, and oceans have expanded and contracted. These changes have been ongoing for billions of years and continue to shape the Earth's surface today.
What theory states that earth's surface is broken into separate plated?
Plate tectonics
What is plate tectonics nature of earths interior?
id ont know
What are Most seafloor features are changed by?
plate tectonics
Wegners idea that the continents slowly moved over the earths surface become known as?
Continental drift. It was later refined and is known nowadays as "Plate tectonics."
