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Home / Kids and Teens / School Time / Science / The Earth / Geology / Plate Movements
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- An Introduction to Plate Tectonics - Find out how and why certain plates move and learn some of the theories that scientists have used to explain these movements.
www.hartrao.ac.za/geodesy/tectonics.html
- CVO Website - Plate Tectonics and Sea-Floor Spreading - Learn what the Ring of Fire is, along with further information on the theory of plate tectonics and how it has contributed toward the formation of mountains.
vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/PlateTectonics/description_plate_tectonics.html
- Paleomap Project - Contains an online archive of images of the Earth from the late Precambrian era over 60 million years ago. Features information on climate history and research.
www.scotese.com/earth.htm
- Quia - Java Games - Contains games and activities that help users learn some terms related to the study of plate tectonics and continental drift.
www.quia.com/custom/514main.html
- The ABC's of Plate Tectonics - Offers an analysis on the some of the principles behind 'plate tectonics' including how rift zones develop and how the structural properties of land masses produce certain collisions.
webspinners.com/dlblanc/tectonic/ptABCs.shtml
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