The slow shifting of the continents and the ocean floors is explained by ____. A) Milankovitch theory B) chemical weathering-CO₂ feedback C) the Theory of Plate Tectonics D) the Maunder minimum E) the greenhouse effect

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The Theory of Plate Tectonics explains the slow shifting of the continents and the ocean floors as the movement of the Earth's lithosphere (the rigid outer layer of the Earth) on top of the asthenosphere (the partially molten layer beneath the lithosphere). This movement is driven by convection currents in the Earth's mantle.

​The Slow Shifting of the Continents and the Ocean Floors

The Slow Shifting of the Continents and the Ocean Floors