https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth en-us 2021-01-25 20:25:28 UTC 2025-09-26 12:49:17 UTC hello@padlet.com mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124090445 The Ring of Fire nearly completely surrounds the Pacific Plate. Along this boundary are the majority of Earth's volcanos. ]]> 2021-01-25 20:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124090445 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124093050 One piece of evidence of Continental Drift Theory is that the continents *look* like they should fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.]]> 2021-01-25 20:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124093050 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124100292 A transform fault boundary where the North American and Pacific Plates slide past each other. Many earthquakes occur along this fault line.]]> 2021-01-25 20:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124100292 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124105873 In eastern Africa, the Arabian and African Plates are pulling apart from each other creating a divergent boundary visible on the surface.]]> 2021-01-25 20:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124105873 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124110757 Caused by the collision between the Eurasian and Indian plates, this convergent boundary has created the tallest mountain range on Earth.]]> 2021-01-25 20:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124110757 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124120812 Caused by one oceanic plate sliding under another, subduction zones along the western Pacific Plate have created thousands of volcanic islands, including the islands of Japan, the Philippines, and New Zealand.]]> 2021-01-25 20:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124120812 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124244070 Fossils of tropical plants have been found in areas of the planet where, today, they cannot grow. This indicates that the land used to somewhere else on Earth where the plants could grow in a much warmer climate.]]> 2021-01-25 21:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124244070 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124251666 Weak spots in the Earth's crust allow for magma to rise to the surface causing a Hot Spot volcano. Areas such as Hawaii and the Yellowstone Supervolcano are both Hot Spots.]]> 2021-01-25 21:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124251666 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124261980 This divergent boundary between the North & South American and Eurasian & African Plates marks the place on Earth where it is literally ripping itself apart due to sea-floor spreading. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge stretches from the Arctic to Southern Atlantic Ocean.]]> 2021-01-25 21:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124261980 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124272374 Where an oceanic plate and continental plate collide, the oceanic plate will subduct (go under) the continental plate causing it to buckle. Large volcanic mountain ranges, such as the Andes in S. America and Cascade Mountain in N. America are examples.]]> 2021-01-25 21:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124272374 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124279632 Deep underground, rising hot magma cools as it nears the Earth's surface. Without anywhere to go, it pushes to the side and falls as it cools off. This "conveyer belt" of heating/cooling rock is the engine behind Plate Tectonic theory.]]> 2021-01-25 21:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124279632 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124291280 Nearly all earthquakes occur at or near a plate boundary. Along these boundary lines, years of built-up tension are violently released causing the ground to shift and move.]]> 2021-01-25 21:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124291280 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124298401 The largest continental plate on Earth.]]> 2021-01-25 21:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124298401 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124302679 The largest plate on Earth. At 103 million sq. mi., it makes up nearly 53% of Earth's entire surface area. It moves northwest at approximately 4-5 cm/yr.]]> 2021-01-25 21:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124302679 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124376977 Due to the topography and nearby subduction zone, the islands of Indonesia are prone to tsunamis caused by undersea earthquakes hundreds of miles offshore. These walls of water are produced when an underwater earthquake forces the ocean above to move outward. As it approaches land, the wave becomes larger until it crashes on shore.]]> 2021-01-25 22:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124376977 mr_tudor https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124386325 Rock formations found in N. America match those found in N. Europe, visually and chemically indicating they were made at the same time and place.]]> 2021-01-25 22:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_tudor/earth/wish/1124386325