is it true, that land is moving?

Answer 1

Yes.
According to the generally accepted "plate-tectonics" theory, scientists believe that the Earth's surface is broken into a number of shifting slabs or plates, which average about 50 miles in thickness. These plates move relative to one another above a hotter, deeper, more mobile zone at average rates as great as a few inches per year.

Answer 2

Yes the Land is moving.

The Earth is a dynamic or constantly changing planet. The thin, fragile plates slide very slowly on the mantle's upper layer. This sliding of the plates is caused by the mantle's convection currents slowly turning over and over. This overturn is like a conveyor belt that moves the plates of the crust.

These plates are in constant motion causing earthquakes, mountain building, volcanism, the production of "new" crust and the destruction of "old" crust. The following cards will teach you more about the Earth's plates

The Earth's crust is broken into many pieces. These pieces are called plates . There are twelve main plates on the Earth's surface. The red lines on this map of the world represent the largest plate boundaries. A plate boundary occurs where two plates come together. There are three kinds of plate boundaries:
Convergent boundary -where two plates collide to form mountains or a subduction zone.
Divergent boundary -where two plates are moving in opposite directions as in a mid-ocean ridge.
Transform boundary -where two plates are sliding past each other as in the San Andreas fault of California.
The Earth's plates are in constant, but very, very slow motion. They move at only 1/2 to 4 inches (1.3 to 10 centimeters) per year!! This does not seem like much, but over millions of years it adds up to great distances of movement.

The Continental Drift Theory states that the continents have moved and are still moving today. In 1912 Alfred Wegener introduced this theory, but he did not fully understand what caused the plates to move. A theory is an explanation of a scientific process that has been successfully tested by many different methods.

The motion of the Earth's plates help scientists to understand why earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building occur.

Scientists believe these plates have been moving for millions of years. In fact, 250 millions years ago the Earth's seven continents were all grouped together into a supercontinent called "Pangea".

The Indian Plate is also moving beneath the Himalayas at a speed of few centimeters per year thus resulting into the growth of the Himalayas every year.

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Answer 3

Land isn't moving only earth is moving . But as we go around with earth . We don't fell the moving of the earth . And that does not mean that at night we feel the earths' movement but as the gravitational pull keeps us on the ground we go round with the earth . So , earth is moving and that also means the movement of land or earth is true . We find the sun coming up and going down . It dosen't rise or go down , we only move . It's kinda' like an illusion . And this movement of earth shows that land or earth is moving .

Answer 4

Yes it's called the convection theory or Mantle convection. The theory is that the movement in the earths mantle from the heating and cooling of materials causes the earth's crust to move. This is why Africa and South America seem to fit together. This movement also creates some mountain ranges such as the Rockies.

Answer 5

No the land is not moving the only thing that is moving is the sun and the moon

Answer 6

Yes

Answer 7

yes. the plates under the earth move and the land also moves.

Answer 8

yes it is true that land is moving
sinceour earth is always rotating

Answer 9

yes the earth moves in many ways the three main movement of earth are :-
1) rotation the movement of earth on its own axis
2) revolution the movement of around the sun
3)movement of tectonic plates -the movement of tectonic plates
the earth's crust is made of seven major and many minor plates these plates are called tectonic plates these plates are continuously moving the random movement of earth crust causes faulting , folding, and also causes earthquake.the earthquake which originate under causes tsunami .the great himalayas are one of the example of folding of tectonic plates

Answer 10

"land" moves as the earth hurtles through space in its orbit around the sun.

The actual bits of land we stand on also slide around in the surface of the earth.