https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a en-us 2017-10-27 20:53:33 UTC 2025-11-07 06:08:03 UTC hello@padlet.com kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201361361 Plate Techtonics are the large scale movement of seven big plates in earths lithosphere. The process began approximately 3 - 3.5 billion years ago.]]> 2017-10-27 21:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201361361 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201363624 It all started when a German scientist Alfred Wegener came up with a theory that at one point all the continents were together and made one super-continent called "Pangea", but Alfred couldn't explain to people what force so strong could move pieces of land.]]> 2017-10-27 21:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201363624 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201364701 Alfred Wegener later found out that the same fossils and plants in the same time period were found on South America and Africa, same with North America and Europe, which helped his theory. ]]> 2017-10-27 21:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201364701 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201365834 What we can learn is that the plate techtonics shaped and formed the world we live in and continues to change very slowly for example the Pacific Plate is moving northwest at a speed of between 7 to 11 per year.]]> 2017-10-27 21:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201365834 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201370584 The Ring of Fire is a circle of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity or earthquakes, around the edge of the pacific ocean. 75% of the worlds active volcanoes happen there, 90% of all earthquakes also occur on the ring of fire. The Ring of Fire isn't actually a circle more like a horseshoe shape.]]> 2017-10-27 23:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201370584 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201371133 The Ring of Fire is the result of Plate Tectonics. The Ring of Fire is located near plate boundaries so when they collide that's because they are in geologically active zones. ]]> 2017-10-27 23:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201371133 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201371899 A volcano is a rupture or whole in the earths crust which allows hot lava or magma to escape from under the earth which causes an eruption and pours out of the volcano.]]> 2017-10-27 23:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201371899 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201372262 An earthquake is the shaking of the earths surface due to sudden seismic waves. ]]> 2017-10-27 23:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201372262 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201372569  The subduction zone is the biggest crash scene on earth. The boundaries the zone marks the spot where two tectonic plates collide. One of the plates goes under the other.]]> 2017-10-28 00:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201372569 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201373775 Convention Currents are a type of heat transfer the other two being conduction and radiation. The difference is that convection can only happen in liquids.]]> 2017-10-28 00:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201373775 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201374630 Convergent Plates is where plates are going towards each other, when the plates collide it can make volcanoes and earthquakes.]]> 2017-10-28 01:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201374630 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201379017 J. Tuzo Wilson was a Canadian geologist who served in WWII and contributed to the theory of plate tectonics]]> 2017-10-28 02:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201379017 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201379757 A divergent boundary is when two plates are moving away from each other which creates an opening where a volcano will form and the hot lava and magma will go up into the volcano and erupt.]]> 2017-10-28 03:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201379757 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201380149 A transform boundary is when two tectonic plates pass by each other going horizontal creating ridges and seafloor spreading.]]> 2017-10-28 03:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201380149 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201380280 Dinosaurs and Vegetation came into the world in the Mesozoic era, starting a chain of life approximately 252 - 66 million years ago. ]]> 2017-10-28 03:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201380280 kaimelconian https://padlet.com/kaimelconian/ygq9yzvd102a/wish/201380751 en.wikipedia.org
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