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What are the large landmasses in the ocean called?
Large landmasses in the ocean are called continents. These are massive areas of land that are surrounded by water bodies like seas and oceans. Examples of continents include Africa, Asia, and North America.
Why do the continents and ocean floors move?
Although it seems impossible, the continents and sea floor form a series of plates that float on the Earth's mantle. The mantle is heated form below (the core of the Earth is molten) and this causes the mantle to convect (like a boiling pan of thick soup). The convention happens only very slowly but as it does it moves the surface plates about. The plates move at about the speed your fingernails grow.
What erupts through the valley of the mid ocean rig?
Magma erupts along mid ocean ridges forming new ocean floor. Mid ocean ridges are found at divergent boundaries where two ocean plates are pushing apart.
How is the density of ocean crust different that continental crust?
It's ... um, denser. The continents (largely SiAl, silicon-aluminium) essentially "float" on the denser SiMa (silicon-magneisum) layer.
What is a continental shift?
A continental shift refers to the movement of continents on the Earth's surface due to plate tectonics. This movement is very slow, occurring over millions of years, and can result in changes to the configuration of the continents and the ocean basins. Examples of continental shifts include the breakup of Pangaea into the continents we see today.
Why do continents float high relative to the ocean basin?
The continents are thicker and less dense than the materials that make up the ocean basins.
Do continents reach the bottom of the ocean?
They do touch the ocean floor. they're like a giant mound, and the beaches flow into the water.
What are the large landmasses in the ocean called?
Large landmasses in the ocean are called continents. These are massive areas of land that are surrounded by water bodies like seas and oceans. Examples of continents include Africa, Asia, and North America.
What do you call a large area between continents underwater?
A large area between continents underwater is called a ocean basin or a mid-ocean ridge. Ocean basins are vast regions of the seafloor that separate different continents, while mid-ocean ridges are underwater mountain ranges that can extend for thousands of kilometers between continents.
What plants drift and float in top layer of the ocean?
the top layer of the ocean is called the Epipelagic
The continents and the ocean basin make up a part of the earth called the ...............?
The Hydrosphere
Why do the continents and ocean floors move?
Although it seems impossible, the continents and sea floor form a series of plates that float on the Earth's mantle. The mantle is heated form below (the core of the Earth is molten) and this causes the mantle to convect (like a boiling pan of thick soup). The convention happens only very slowly but as it does it moves the surface plates about. The plates move at about the speed your fingernails grow.
What are the continents not touched by the Pacific Ocean?
The continents that do not have Pacific Ocean coasts are Europe and Africa.
Which ocean is north of all 7 continents?
The ocean that is North of all 7 Continents is the Arctic Ocean.
What is the scooter for the ocean?
The scooter of the ocean is something called a jet-ski, you know, those motor objects that float on the water?
How may continents border Antarctic Ocean?
The Southern Ocean surrounds Antarctica. No other continents border this ocean.
WHICH CONTINENTS DO TOUCH THE Pacific Ocean?
Actually, there are three continents that do not touch the Pacific Ocean, if you accept that the Southern Ocean is a separate Ocean. The continents are Antarctica, Europe and Africa. Otherwise it is Europe and Africa.
