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Why do people not notice that the continents drift?
People generally do not notice that the continents drift because they move so slowly. People do notice earthquakes and other natural disasters that are sometimes caused by the movement of the earth's tectonic plates.
Do continents drift slowly on earths upper mantle or earths core?
Continents drift on top of the upper mantle. The core is much further down.
What is it called when continents break apart?
Continental Drift
What makes continents drift?
what makes continents drift the land used to be a big long peace of land. then we started having these big earthquake and natural storms and started breaking the earths crust and finally broke threw and made massive peaces of land drift away and the other land locked in and that's how the continents drifted called (continental drift)
What do all continents have in common that paleontologists notice?
All paleontologists,(and other people), notice that on every continent, there were similar fossils. Obviously, not all prehistoric/Precambrian organisms could swim all the way across oceans, so the continents had to have moved. This proved Wegener's hypothesis(some really old scientist i learned about in science class)which was continental drift.
Why do people not notice that the continents drift?
People generally do not notice that the continents drift because they move so slowly. People do notice earthquakes and other natural disasters that are sometimes caused by the movement of the earth's tectonic plates.
What is the volcanic and the drift continental theory?
the Continental Drift Theory is the slow movement of the Earths continents. A.K.A the continents drift
The theory that continents can drift apart from oneanother?
Continental Drift
What is contunental drift?
a shift of continents
Why the continents separated?
Continental drift.
What is the very slow movement of the continents is called?
Continental Drift
What primary force that causes the seafloor to spread and continents to drift?
Geothermal Drift.
What is called when continents move?
Continental drift.
Do continents drift slowly on earths upper mantle or earths core?
Continents drift on top of the upper mantle. The core is much further down.
Is there a shorter way to write about continental drift?
How about this: continents drift. That's about as short as I can make it.
What did Alfred wegner notice about the outlines of the continents?
Alfred Wegener noticed that the outlines of the continents seemed to fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, particularly the coastlines of South America and Africa. This observation led him to develop the theory of continental drift.
Can you use the word continental drift in a sentence?
Continental Drift is causing the continents to move around.
