Three theories discussed in class today…….

Continental drift-the continents had once formed a single landmass before breaking apart and drifting to their present locations.

drift

Sea-floor spreading-lithospheric evolution that holds that the ocean floors are spreading outward from vast underwater ridges.

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Plate tectonic theory-the earth’s crust is broken up into at least a dozen rigid plates that move independently of one another. (7-8 major plates)map_plate_tectonics_cascades

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