where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways in relation to each other. They move at a rate of one to two inches (three to five centimeters) per year. Where plates serving ...

Oceans filled the areas between these new sub-continents. The land masses continued to move apart, riding on separate plates, until they reached the positions they currently occupy. These ...

Water molecules freeze in a hexagonal pattern and the molecules are further apart than they were as liquid water. Water is unusual because its molecules move further apart when it freezes. The ...