indicated glacial flow away from the equator and toward the poles‚ in modern coordinates‚ and supported the idea that the southern continents had previously been in dramatically different locations‚ as well as next to each other Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics Alfred Wegener passed away in 1930 at the age of 50 during an expedition to Greenland. His theory found more scattered support after his death‚ but was still rejected by most geologist. It was not until the 1950’s when increased exploration of
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1. The science of biogeography is the description of distribution of life and the explanation of this description. The description is based on both time and space. This describes how things look and why they are there. It also looks to answer the question – are these features the same over time? Biogeography arose with the theory that life on earth is a non-random distribution. This is the most important observation leading to the field of biogeography. The study of biogeography includes many other
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2. Summarize plate tectonics. It explains the theory of how the changing surfaces of the earth are formed. 3. What are convection currents and what is their role in plate tectonics? Convection currents are the rise and lowering of heat in te earths mantle like a boiling pot of water. The heat is denser at the bottom of the pan it rises the falls to the bottom and reapaets it self. This rising and dropping is the effect that why the plates move. 4. Compare the three types of plate boundaries: divergent
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Caldera Caldera (huge pits in the ground caused by volcanic eruptions) * Check for lava rocks near the happening * Magma Chamber Magma Chamber January 10‚ 2013 Lecture Notes Tectonic Plates * They float (lower density * They move at a rate of cm/ year * Plate tectonics deform continents when they collide with other continents Continental Crust: 2.7 g/cm cubed Oceanic Crust: 3.3 g/cm cubed Convergent Boundary: When the arrows are pointed towards the other direction
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roles do plate tectonics play in the geomorphology of Pacific Islands? The earth’s crust is made out of plate tectonics. Each plate has a defined boundary and direction it moves. The plates in Earth’s crust perform two actions; they submerge under each other or they spread out. The Pacific Plate is the largest plate and it borders around many plates. The Pacific Plate moves northwest. New crust is formed from magma outpours‚ which are a result of the zones spreading. The tectonic plates created the
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Ring. PLATE TECTONICS Plate tectonics is a theory that the earth is split up in to different areas of the world. They glide on the mantle of the earth the plates act like a hard ridged shell (fig 2 plate tectonics) Some of the plate tectonics move very slowly each year for example in Iceland there is a visible line where the plates are moving if the plates merge together they can cause mountains and volcanos. Mountains and volcanoes are formed buy two plates colliding together and one plate gets pushed
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Pangaea‚ Pangæa‚ or Pangea (pron.: /pænˈdʒiːə/ pan-JEE-ə;[1]) was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras‚ forming about 300 million years ago.[2] It began to break apart around 200 million years ago.[3] The single global ocean which surrounded Pangaea is accordingly named Panthalassa. The name Pangaea is derived from Ancient Greek pan (πᾶν) meaning "entire"‚ and Gaia (Γαῖα) meaning "Earth". The name was coined during a 1927 symposium discussing Alfred Wegener’s
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categories of rocks include igneous‚ sedimentary and metamorphic. The rock cycle is largely driven by lithospheric plate movements which cause oceanic crust creation and subduction with its associated melt and igneous rock formation‚ and uplift with it’s associated metamorphism‚ along with exposure and erosion from climatic conditions due to the exposure. Plate tectonics (from the Late Latin tectonicus‚ from the Greek: "pertaining to building” is a scientific theory that describes the
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an hour. 3. FORMATION OF THE SWISS ALPS The Swiss Alps are a mountain range formed by the convergence and collision of the European and African tectonic plates approximately 100 million years ago. As a result of this collision‚ the Tethys Ocean basin gets pushed upward by the African tectonic plate and into the Eurasian tectonic plate. The bottom of the Tethys Sea experiences enormous pressures‚
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Earth’s surface? 1) _______ A) economics B) social development C) anthropology D) geology E) politics 2) What is the theory of plate tectonics? 2) _______ A) Earth is made up of a large number of geological plates that move slowly across its surface. B) Earth was created 6‚000 years ago. C) The number of tectonic plates equals the number of continents on Earth. D) Earth’s continents are moving closer together. E) Human activities are changing Earth’s surface
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