eli5 How does continental drift happen?Aren’t continents connected to the earth?

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eli5 How does continental drift happen?Aren’t continents connected to the earth?

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Continents sit on giant plates. These plates sit on the gooey stuff that moves around.

Continental drift is caused by these plates moving further away each other.

They’re not stuck hard and fast to the insides of the planet.

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