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Faults and Folds

Faults and Folds. Bends and Breaks. First, rocks are laid down and organized in units. Sedimentary rocks are laid down in layers like a cake by wind and water. This process is called DEPOSTION Igneous rocks are spread over large areas like maple syrup by VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.

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Using GPS

Using GPS. November 26, 2010 WMCI. WHAT IS GPS?. The Global Positioning System ( GPS ) is a navigation and precise-positioning tool.

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By: Bill Tummler

Plate Tectonics. By: Bill Tummler. Alfred Wegener was the man who first thought of the theory of Tectonic Plates. When Alfred was in college he studied physics, astronomy, and meteorology at Humboldt University.

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Plate Tectonics.

Plate Tectonics. By: Leah Miller. Who originated the theory of Pangaea?. Alfred Wegener invented the theory of Pangaea. Alfred proposed that the continents were once compressed into one proto continent, which he then called Pangaea.

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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics. By Amy Jo Jarboe. History of Pangaea. Alfred Wegener first thought of the theory of Pangaea. He believed that all the continental land masses were in a gigantic supercontinent known as Pangaea . He made a book called The Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere .

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EARTHQUAKES

EARTHQUAKES. What are earthquakes?. It is the release of energy waves called seismic waves in the crust of earth, leads to the creation of a natural disaster called earthquake.

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Plate Boundaries And the Landforms they Create

Plate Boundaries And the Landforms they Create. There are three different Boundaries. Transformational. Convergent. Divergent. Vocabulary. convergent boundary- boundary where 2 plates are moving toward each other. Crust- outer most layer of the earth.

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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics. By: Betsy Butcher 4 th Bell. Section 1: History of Plate Tectonics.

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The Changing World

The Changing World. Where will we be in 2000 more years? By Sammie Miller. PANGAEA. Originally thought of by Alfred Wegener A giant super-continent that was made up of tectonic plates The plates moved to form the continents we know of today.

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Plate Tectonics WebQuest

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Our Solar System!

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Layers of the Earth

Layers of the Earth. Katie Borucki Caitlin Hale Lisa Ruggio Rachel Sekerak. The Crust. The outer most region of the Earth Mostly made up of basalt and granite Igneous rock Ranges from 5 km to 10 km at sea level, and 10 km to 70 km in the continental regions

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PowerPoint Quiz

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