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    Me and My Volcano Volcanoes exist all around the world.A volcano is a place where hot ash,gases,and molten rock deep underground erupt. Volcanoes can be dangerous for many reasons for example hot ash,lava,cinders,and mud. The magma chamber carries magma up into the pipe and out the crater or top vent. Volcanic eruptions can differ in their violence for example some volcanoes are fast moving lava or pahoehoe or slow moving lava aa. Some volcanoes erupt water vapor carbon dioxide and some volcanoes

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    few. Regional geography is to look at both human and physical geography to divide areas in to specific realms, regions, and transition zones. Each with their own dominating characteristics. Question #2: Explain the theory of continental drift and plate tectonics and

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    Sarit Laschinsky ESS 211 AC Pacific and Australian Plate Boundary The boundary between the Pacific Plate and Australian Plate is marked by volcanism, earthquakes, and different and unique topography. The border of these two plates is composed of a mix of transform and convergent boundaries along the Eastern edge of the Australian plate, with both divergent and convergent boundaries along the Northern edge. The Australian Plate is moving in a North to Northeastern direction at a speed of approximately

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    Tectonic Plates and its Effects on the Physical Face of the Earth For millions of years, tectonic plates have been determinate of changes in the physical face of the earth, and they continue to do so today. These massive plates move underneath the surfaces of the oceans and the continents, producing earthquakes, volcanoes and uplifts. This paper will discuss the composition, movement and history of tectonic plates, the theory of plate tectonics and its history, and tectonic plates affect the

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    . South America 2. From the map, we understand that it’s where the surface of the world is really a series of “plates” floating on the magma (lava) layers below the surface. Scientists call the plates, tectonic plates. India is on a separate plate too much of Asia, as is much of what several call the Middle East. Throughout many millions of years what was thought to be one large mass of land has broken up with sections drifting away. Many refer to it as ancient landmass Pangaea. After studying

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    Fukushima Disaster Introduction On 11th March 2011 Fukushima, Japan was struck by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake which initiated a tsunami, as well as the damage of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor, creating a nuclear disaster. Japan is located at a plate boundary region, which makes earthquakes a common occurrence. From this Fukushima suffered from environmental impacts such as the contamination of food, health conditions such as thyroid damage as well as an impact on the economy that put Japan into

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    Plate Tectonics have been recently discovered. Earthquakes and volcanoes can now be located and the public can find out when it will erupt or occur. Our earth has a fragile shell, which moves around recycling itself, to form new layers of crust.The theory of plate tectonics was helped develop by the theory of plate tectonics. Convection currents and gravitational forces move tectonic plates. The contact between plates, creates earthquakes, volcanoes, islands and mid ocean ridges. Mountain ranges

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    Essay on Plate Tectonics Explained

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    can be more or less dense than the other. There are three types of convergent boundaries: oceanic plate-continental plate convergence, oceanic plate-oceanic plate convergence, and continental-continental plate convergence. An example of this type of boundary is the collision between the Eurasian Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate which is forming the Himalayas. A divergent boundary is where the plates are moving away from each other. These areas can form in the middle of continents but eventually

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    The Layers Of The Earth

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    Most people know that Earth is the planet they live on, it’s basic knowledge. They also know that the earth has volcanoes, mountains, earthquakes, etcetera. Do they know though how these features were made? Do they know what is inside of the earth? Most likely, unless related to their job they do not. However, just because someone may not know about it, it doesn’t mean it’s not happening, and all of the earth’s layers working in harmony is definitely happening. Earth is in fact an intricate planet

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    Science is all about discovery, and learning why things happen. The world is full of mysteries and it takes a special person to desire to discover the answer to the world’s biggest mysteries. Scientists everywhere devote their time and energy to discovering information that will change how people view the Earth. One of the most important discoveries is how our continents were once together and how they divided. One of the earliest theories of how our continents were divided came from scientist Alfred

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