Pangaea:
The Pangaea theory is one that states that all present continents were once together and collectively known as a 'supercontinent' called a Pangaea. Because of Pangaea, we have seperate countries like england and australia and all the other countries around the world.
Sea floor spreading:
Sea-floor spreading is the process in which the ocean floor is extended when two plates move apart. As the plates move apart, the rocks break and form a crack between the plates. Earthquakes occur along the plate boundary. Magma rises through the cracks and seeps out onto the ocean floor like a long, thin, undersea volcano.
Plate boundaries:
Plate boundaries are found at the edge of the lithospheric plates and are of three types, convergent, divergent and conservative. Wide zones of deformation are usually characteristic of plate boundaries because of the interaction between two plates. The three boundaries are characterized by their distinct motions.
The Ring Of Fire:
The "Ring of Fire" is an arc stretching from New Zealand, along the eastern edge of Asia, north across the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and south along the coast of North and South America. The Ring of Fire is composed over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes.
Mid-Ocean Ridge:
The Mid-Ocean Ridge system is more than 56,000 kilometers (35,000 mi) long. This series of mountains and valleys marks where the Earth’s crustal plates are moving apart. This is where most hydrothermal vents are located.
Shifting North and South Poles:
In 2012 the next polar reversal will take place on earth. This means that the North Pole will be changed into the South Pole. Scientifically this can only be explained by the fact that the earth will start rotating in the opposite direction, together with a huge disaster of unknown proportions.
2. What do volcanoes on the Moon and Mars tell us about those planets?
They tell us that there are tectonic plates located on Mars and the Moon that are forming those volcanoes.
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DUBO -- Latitude: -4.26 mm/yr. Longitude: -17.30 mm/yr.
HILO -- Latitude: 35.87 mm/yr. Longitude: -62.83 mm/yr.
KELY -- Latitude: 11.23 mm/yr. Longitude: -17.66 mm/yr.
HOFN -- Latitude: 14.87mm/yr. Longitude: 13.09 mm/yr.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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