BY: Andrew Fiora PANGAEA section 1 A man named Alfred Wegener made the theory in 1912 that once all...
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PLATE TECTONICS BY: Andrew Fiora
BY: Andrew Fiora PANGAEA section 1 A man named Alfred Wegener made the theory in 1912 that once all the continents were together and he called it Pangaea
PANGAEA section 1 A man named Alfred Wegener made the theory in
1912 that once all the continents were together and he called it
Pangaea. It was over an estimated 300 million years ago when all of
the continents were together. Pangaea occurred in the Paleozoic era
The theory that all the continents were once all of the continents
were together was originally not believed by scientists because the
actual forces generated by the rotation of the earth were
calculated to be insufficient to move continents. Alfred was an
astronomer and a meteorologist this helped him when he originate
the idea of Pangaea
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Convergent boundaries section 2 The definition of a convergent
boundary is where an area on the Earth's surface where two tectonic
plates come together. The Himalaya Mountain Range is the best
active examples of this type of plate boundary. The definition of a
mountain is A large landform that is higher Than the land
surrounding it
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The definition of a mountain is A large landform that is higher
Than the land surrounding it The Himalayan mountains
mountainas
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Divergent Boundary section 3 The definition of a Divergent
Boundary is a plate boundary where new crust is being created as
the old crust on each side moves away as if on a conveyor belt
Examples of a divergent boundaries are earthquakes and volcanoes A
earthquake is shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth
resulting from underground movement The definition of a volcano is
A volcano is an opening, in the surface which allows hot magma to
escape
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Pictures of divergent boundaries Volcano earthquake damage
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Transform Boundaries section 4 The definition of a transform
boundary is a fault or transform boundary, also known as
conservative plate boundary, is a fault which runs along the
boundary of a tectonic plate. Most transform faults are found in
the ocean basin and connect offsets in the mid-ocean ridges Some
major example is the san Andras fault in California and the north
antolian fault in Turkey A plate is a underground layer that moves
and causes earthquakes
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Pictures of transform Boundaries
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Real world connections section 5 We are on the north American
plate The plates that boarder the united states are the united
states and the pacific plate Most of the earthquake that occurs are
all the way out near California so we do not really have to worry
about any earthquakes In the future I think the united states will
see more earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, landslides and
mudslides is a scientific theory which describes the large scale
motions of Earth's lithospher We do not really have to worry
because we are really not near any earthquake zones
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Landslides and mudslides A mudslide is a landslide of mud A
landslide is disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow
of rock, mud and water