The forever shifting earth
Title: The forever shifting earth
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 2835 | Pages: 10 (approximately 235 words/page)
The forever shifting earth
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 2835 | Pages: 10 (approximately 235 words/page)
The land below us is always in motion. Plate tectonics studies these restless effects to give us a better understanding of the Earth and its past. New molten rocks are poured out in the form of magma from the mid-ocean ridges. The rock is recycled and re-entered back into the earth in deep ocean trenches through convection current. The convection current in the mantle drives plates around either against or away from each other. These
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