How does seafloor spreading explain the movement of the continents? What will be an ideal response?


With seafloor spreading, the continents and oceanic crust move together as part of large plates. The
plate is pushed by the formation of new ocean crust and pulled by the subduction of old ocean crust.
New crust forms due to seafloor spreading.

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