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Explain what force caused the movement of the continents from one super-continent to their present positions?
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∙ 11y ago
Continental drift :)
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∙ 11y agoThe continental drift
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Does the theory fully explain the positions of the continents today?
no.i think it doesnt.
What does the theroy of plate tectonics explain?
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How do these forces explain the movement of the continents?
they move because they grow bigger and move side to side
In 1912 Alfred wegener discovered and explained the movement of continents?
yes he did he explained that the continents fit like a puzzle but the scientist did not believe him because he could not explain "how"
What is one of the reasons Alfred Wegener believed Earth's continents once formed a single massive supercontinent?
Observations of a map of the continents hinted that the continents once fitted together. Later, he would discover fossil evidence to support his theory. But alas, he was unable to explain the mechanism by which the continents could move, and was soundly thrashed by geologists of his time. The discoveries leading to the science of plate tectonics were not made until the mid twentieth century.
Why were Wegener's ideas not immediately accepted by the scientific community?
He could not explain why the continents drifted.
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The theory of plate tectonics easily explains the distribution of mesosaurus. When mesosaurus was alive, all of the continents were massed together into the supercontinent Pangaea. Therefor, South America and Africa met because there was no Atlantic Ocean, so the distribution of mesosaurus makes complete sense.
Describe continental drift theory?
continents move about as plates of crust and upper mantle, on more mobile layer of asthenophere in the mantle. Movement driven by mantle convection and isostasy. Bumps between continents = mountain chains bump continental with oceanic = island arc vocanoes and subduction of oceanic plate
What are the theories of the continental drift?
Continental drift is the movement of the earth's continents across the ocean's bed relative to one another. There is no disadvantage as such of this theory however it has certain weaknesses. One of the weakness is that people could not explain the forces that caused these continents to move such great distances.
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