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- Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...d [[uranium]]. Additional economic interests include minerals such as [[asbestos]], [[perlite]], [[mic...
7: ...ween earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
10: ...f the [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...ks ''Peri lithōn'' by [[Theophrastus]], a student of [[Aristotle]], remained authoritative for mi...
14: ...etallica libri XII'', with an appendix ''Buch von den Lebewesen unter Tage'' (book of the creatures be... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
1: ...e outermost part of the [[Earth]]'s interior is made up of two layers, the outer [[lithosphere]] and t...
3: ...ay from each other), and transform (two plates slide past one another). [[Earthquake]]s, [[volcano|vol...
5: ...r [[chemistry]], the discovery of the [[genetic code]] for [[genetics]], or [[evolution]] in [[biology...
8: ...the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to undergo motion in different directions.
10: ...famous. These boundaries are discussed in further detail below. - Continental drift (4518 bytes)
3: ...]. The idea of continental drift did not become widely accepted as [[theory]] until the [[1950s]] in E...
5: ...tectonics]]''' for information on current ideas underlying concepts of continental drift.
11: == Evidence for continental drift ==
14: ...ca]], and [[Antarctica]]. There is also living evidence - the same animals being found on two continen...
16: ...hich inspired [[Alfred Wegener]] to study what he defined as continental drift. - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ...near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
8: ...so the continent with the highest average [[altitude]], and the lowest average [[humidity]] of any con...
15: ...he continent, but [[ice]] there can last for extended time periods. Nearly all of Antarctica is cover...
24: ...ea is called [[Western Antarctica]] and the remainder [[Eastern Antarctica]], since they correspond ro...
30: ...ons, particularly those close to the continent, made territorial claims in the [[20th century]]. These... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: Modern [[science]] is a body of verifiable [[empirical...
4: ... change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still...
6: ...] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects and systems, which differs ...
11: ...mphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
13: ...e, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of ... - Plant (12870 bytes)
19: ** [[Ophioglossophyta]] - adderstongues
31: ...ed to the presumed phylogenic concepts on which modern [[taxonomy]] is based.
35: [[Image:Garden-with-purple-yellow-pansy-flowers.jpg|500px|thumb...
36: ...eaves]], [[stem]]s, and [[root]]s. They also include a few of their close relatives, often called ''br...
38: ...otosynthesis]], using [[light]] and [[carbon dioxide]] to synthesize food. About 300 plant species do ... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: ...s [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] –...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]]...
26: *[[Harold Alden]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1890]] – [[196...
27: *[[Hannes Alfv鮝] ([[Sweden]], [[1908]] – [[1995]]) - Mid-Atlantic Ridge (3017 bytes)
2: ...he '''Mid-Atlantic Ridge''' is a mostly [[water|underwater]] [[mountain range]] of the [[Atlantic Ocea...
13: ... Heat from the magma causes the crust on either side of the rifts to expand, forming the ridges. The r... - Pangaea (1625 bytes)
3: ...ral Mountains|Urals]]. The vast ocean that surrounded Pang�a has been named [[Panthalassa]]. Pangae...
7: The [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] under Pangaea's former location was still [[heat|hot]]...
10: ...inia]] had formed approximately 1,100 MYA and divided 750 MYA.
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