what is the theory that cause continents to move
What form caused the movement of the continents? When the first Continental Drift theory was proposed it was rejected by the scientific community. One of the biggest reasons that the Continental Drift theory was opposed was the question of what force would be great enough to move the vast continents. Actually no one knows what force moves the continents even today but that the continents do move is pretty much universally accepted. The modern plate tectonic theory says that the mid ocean ridges are places where the convection heat currents in the mantle cause up wheeling of heat in the crust.