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formed from the Australian Plate which moved over a hotspot which, overtime upwelled creating an overflow of magma, and as it cooled volcanoes were formed. This is partially due to the convection currents in the mantle and plate tectonics. Also included in this scientific report is: How the all Mountains and Volcanoes are formed, more specifically the Glass House Mountains, How the theory of Continental Drift (Alfred Wegener’s Theory which was formulated in 1912) compares to Plate Tectonics (A Theory set

others because they occur on the layers of the earth itself. Volcanoes, while large to us, are actually small, conical patches of earth that spurt and ooze hot molten lava from the core, and can destroy areas of land triple their size. Earthquakes, on the other hand, are severe jolts felt on land due to the movement of earths tectonic plates. Some may describe earthquakes as being similar to riding a bike down a flight of stairs. The impact of an earthquakes can take down even the largest buildings

The islands are known for their unique species of countless different animals, found nowhere else in the world, and for the discoveries made by Darwin at this island chain. The Galapagos Islands are unique in many aspects, including the hot spot underneath, the plate tectonics, the two different volcano types

As the overlying plate lifts up, it also forms mountain ranges. In addition, the diving plate melts and is often spewed out in volcanic eruptions such as those that formed some of the mountains in the Andes of South America. * At ocean-ocean convergences, one plate usually dives beneath the other, forming deep trenches like the Mariana Trench in the North Pacific Ocean, the deepest point

A plate tectonic is defined as a solid rock mass that builds up the Earth’s surface. The plate tectonic theory is a theory that geologists use to help explain the surface processes and events. The word plate means large pieces of the earth that are always in motion, lithosphere plates. Tectonics means how the continents formed and move over time. This is the theory that most geologists accept as to what happened to our continents. It states that Earth is made up of two layers, the lithosphere

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

others because they occur on the layers of the earth itself. Volcanoes, while large to us, are actually small, conical patches of earth that spurt and ooze hot molten lava from the core, and can destroy areas of land triple their size. Earthquakes, on the other hand, are severe jolts felt on land due to the movement of earths tectonic plates. Some may describe earthquakes as being similar to riding a bike down a flight of stairs. The impact of an earthquakes can take down even the largest buildings

Information for Plate Tectonics "Viewed from the distance of the moon, the astonishing thing about the Earth, catching the breath, is that it is alive. Photographs show the dry, pounded surface of the moon in the foreground, dead as an old bone. Aloft, floating free beneath the moist, gleaming membrane of bright blue sky, is the rising earth, the only exuberant thing in this part of the cosmos. If you could look long enough, you would see the swirling of the great drifts of white cloud, covering

lava flows averaging a few meters thick intermixed with relatively minor amounts of pyroclastic ejected material. During eruptions these outpourings help keep these volcanoes safe. When these volcanoes erupt lava fountains out form the volcano and is hot liquid lava is thrown into the air but usually not very high. The lava normally flows easily, and does not explode. These volcanoes also only explode if water some how gets into the vent. Mount St. Helens is composite volcano, which are also known as

COTTER PLATE TECTONICS RELATIONS TO EARTH’S CRUST ___ By Sally Lynne INTRODUCTION There are many ways that Plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes are connected. The most reasonable way is the movements of the Earth 's crust. There are also many other plate tectonic related theories and studies that are connected with the earthquakes and volcanoes too. The Theory of the Continental Drift was made by Alfred Wegener and started to be more convincing when people heard about tectonic plates. Wegener