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How can the earth's surface be organized into continents and oceans?
the earth can be organized into 4 oceans, 7 seas, and 7 continents
What percentage of the earths surface do the continents represent?
Continents cover about 29% of the Earth's surface area. The rest of the surface is predominantly ocean.
How much of the Earth's surface do the continents cover?
Continents cover about 29% of Earth's surface. The rest is mostly covered by oceans.
How much of the Earths surface is covered by the continents?
Approximately 30% of the Earth's surface is covered by land, the remaining 70% of the surface is covered by water.
What information did Wegener not have?
Alfred Wegener did not have a mechanism to explain how continents could move across the Earth's surface. He proposed the theory of continental drift in the early 20th century, but it wasn't until the development of plate tectonics in the 1960s that a satisfactory explanation for the movement of continents was provided.
Idea that continents move on Earth's surface?
The idea that continents move slowly across the earth's surface is called the continental drift.
What percentage of the Earth's surface is occupied by the continents and islands?
Approximately 29% of the Earth's surface is occupied by the continents and islands. The remaining 71% is covered by oceans.
Contrast the continents of Venus with those of Earth?
Venus only has two continents and they occupy about 8 percent of the surface. Earth's continents occupies about 25 percent of the surface. Venus also does not have any evidence of plate tectonics.
What did the theory of continental drift not explain?
The theory of continental drift, proposed by Alfred Wegener, did not adequately explain the mechanism behind the movement of continents. It lacked a convincing process to account for how continents could shift across the Earth's surface, as Wegener suggested they moved through oceanic crust. Additionally, the theory could not explain the geological features and phenomena associated with plate tectonics, such as earthquakes and volcanic activity, which were later clarified by the theory of plate tectonics.
How can water hold the continents?
The continents are not floating on water, if that is what you mean. The large bodies of water on the earth's surface fill up some of the spaces between the continents.
What is the surface of the planet that forms the continents and ocean floor?
The crust.
How long has the surface on earth been changing?
for as long as it has had continents
