Science homework help
if, as the theory goes, the continents have drifted from where they were 200 million years ago to where they are currently positioned today, explain what is happening to:
A) the Atlantic Ocean
B) the Pacific Ocean
January 23, 2013
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Atlantic Ocean is growing in size and getting deeper because the plates that form its seafloor are tearing apart.
Pacific Ocean is growing smaller because its folding its seafloor down toward the center of the earth. This is called subduction.