What caused the continents to 'break up'? Share your theory! by Ron Tan Huilun

Group USA

ron_tan — 2013-10-17 03:03:31 UTC

the core of the earth is very hot which causes the plates to expand as heat causes matter to expand thus the plates push and split

Group Brazil

ron_tan — 2013-10-17 03:03:52 UTC

Group Australia

ron_tan — 2013-10-17 03:04:45 UTC

Group Niger

ron_tan — 2013-10-17 03:06:06 UTC

Group China

ron_tan — 2013-10-18 05:36:03 UTC

Group Germany

ron_tan — 2013-10-19 00:27:44 UTC

Group Russia

ron_tan — 2013-10-19 00:28:30 UTC

Group India

ron_tan — 2013-10-19 00:29:08 UTC

Group Canada

ron_tan — 2013-10-19 00:29:55 UTC

Group Greenland

ron_tan — 2013-10-19 00:30:27 UTC

Weather

natural disasters

Group Canada

2013-10-19 00:55:55 UTC

A layer on top of earth is broken

up into separate pieces. Separate "plates".

Forces from earthquakes and natural phenomena

cause the plates to move around and break.

The movement of the plates happens continously .

energy, force from the heat from the core and activities beneath the crust

Group Germany

2013-10-19 00:56:02 UTC

The tectonic plates of the Earth had shifted due to the movement of magma which moved the crust of the Earth

Group Australia

2013-10-19 00:56:15 UTC

maybe the movement of the sea

natural disasters like earthquake

Group Brazil

2013-10-19 00:56:21 UTC

When the tectonics plates gets

older the tectonics plates becomes

heavier and sinks into the magma

and drags the tectonics plates

apart

Group Russia

2013-10-19 00:56:26 UTC

1)An earthquake occurred and the plates may have shifted. There may have been a fault line along the plates and an eathquake shifted the plates.

2) An asteroid may have hit Earth and the plates started to shift.