Plate tectonics

the earth isn’t round. Newton's research showed that inside the earth there are multiple layers. Later scientists discovered that the very first layer, the crust, is made out of plate tectonics. All the different phenomena that we see on Earth, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landforms, are caused by the plate tectonics. In order to understand the layers of the earth one has to understand how the earth was formed. Earth started out as planetesimals, small bodies from which a planet…

Plate tectonics is a theory about how the plates are constantly moving on top of a layer of magma that is constantly taking in old crust to recycle it this constant movement causes earthquakes, tsunamis and other geological events. The movement of the Pacific and North American plates cause the old sea floor to be replaced by the now wider North American plate. Also with the movement the continental plate was stretched as the Pacific plate pulled the continental plate to the northwest which…

The Caribbean tectonic plate has a wide variety of height and depth within its borders. While all the land and islands are quite tall, the middle of the plate, that is mostly sea, is much more deep in some areas than others. Around the Yucatan Peninsula, Central America, and all the islands are gradual slopes that gain more depth the further from land-above-sea-level you get, however, from Honduras and Nicaragua to Jamaica, where there should be deeper sea, there is quite a lot of height but…

The continents were once part of a single landmass called Pangaea but then a force caused the continents to move them apart. The first piece of evidence used for this theory was that Africa and South America fitted together like it was a jigsaw puzzle. The next piece of evidence was that in South America and Africa there are fossils found in rocks of the same age and type. Additionally, in those two landmasses, there are corresponding early mammal fossils found. Again, there are identical…

The plate tectonic theory says that there are plates covering the outer layer of the Earth and that they have been moving around as time goes on. It says that the Earth was once made up of a supercontinent, called Pangea, and as time went on the plates started to shift and eventually became what they are today. Several different scientists over a course of over 20 years have used each other’s work and pushed our scientific knowledge to develop the theory and give us our four different boundaries…

Plate tectonics is a scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth’s Lithosphere. The theory was believed to be developed around 1912 by Alfred Wegener. Wegener introduced the fact that all of today’s continents were once a large supercontinent (Pangea) and how they slowly drifted to their present positions. This idea was developed by simple observations such as the fact that the African and South-American coast lines fit together like pieces of a puzzle and that fossils and…

Question: Describe in detail the three theories that were the predecessors to plate tectonic theory. Provide evidence of how features of the surface support the current, theory of plate tectonics describing the ways the tectonic plates interact and the result of their interactions. The Continental Drift Theory The Continental Drift can help the surface support the current by plowing through ocean basins. It also did not include seafloor spreading or subduction. So, that did not cause an…

They both relate because they both occur when tectonic plates move. When a volcano is in their active stage of life it will experience seismic anomalies being caused by the movement of magma within the chamber, then when the rocks are really hot and earthquake will arise. Earthquakes and Volcanoes occur when tectonic plates are moving. Tectonic plates are pieces of the earths crust and upper mantle. Earthquakes are cause when the rock underneath us suddenly breaks along a fault. The release of…

Introduction Geologists explanation how the Earth's surface behaves by plate tectonics theory. According to the theory, the surface of the Earth is broken into large plates and size and position of these plates change over times. The edge of these plates is the place where intense geologic activity happens. Such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building occur in areas where they move against each other, A first theory of continental drift is proposed by German scientist Alfred…

karen Plate Tectonics There are two main ways scientist learn of earth saunterer is rock samples are rock sample from looking at the rock that comes from defence babanic explosion. The second main ways selected learn about earth centered is seismic waves seismic waves inderal travel thpro put where they travel speed path. Inconclusive this is how scientists learn about earth…