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- Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ...nst one another), divergent (two plates move away from each other), and transform (two plates slide pa...
8: ...h the ''chemical'' subdivision of the Earth into (from innermost to outermost) [[Earth#The core|core]]...
12: ...crust|oceanic]] lithospheres; for example, the [[African Plate]] includes the continent and parts of t...
18: ...oundaries]]''' occur where two plates slide apart from each other.
24: ...use highly visible surface effects. Because of [[friction]], the plates cannot simply glide past each... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
4: The name "volcano" has its origin from the name of [[Vulcan (god)|Vulcan]], a god of f...
18: ...'[[Volcanic cones]]''' or [[cinder cone]]s result from eruptions that throw out mostly small pieces of...
41: ...tive" volcano. The lifespan of a volcano can vary from months to several million years, making such a ...
43: ...to note that the span of recorded history differs from region to region; in the [[Mediterranean]], rec...
47: ...tone as extinct. In fact, because the caldera has frequent earthquakes, a very active geothermal syste... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...non-state actors. Piracy should be distinguished from [[privateer]]ing, which was a legitimate form o...
12: ...1.8-2]) says this happened earlier, on his return from Nicomedes's court. Velleius Paterculus (''Roman...
20: ...'', and given the responsibility of eliminating [[Frankish]] and [[Saxons|Saxon]] pirates who had been...
27: ...se in 844. Vikings even attacked coasts of North Africa and Italy. They also plundered all the coasts ...
29: ... of the [[Balearic Islands]] in the 10th century. From 824 to 961 [[Arab]] pirates in [[Crete]] raided... - Mid-Atlantic Ridge (3017 bytes)
2: ...e the water mark, to form [[island]]s. Those are, from North to South, with their respective highest p...
13: ...eafloor spreading]] and general acceptance of [[Alfred Wegener|Wegener's]] theory of [[continental dri...
15: ...c]], and the [[South American Plate]] from the [[African Plate]] in the [[South Atlantic]]. The ridge ...
17: ...river valleys seen along the [[Americas]], and [[Africa]] (including the [[Mississippi River]], [[Amaz... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ...r been confirmed. The first mentions we have are from the [[classical Greek]] philosopher [[Plato]], ...
7: ...dfather of [[Critias]]. And Critias learned of it from his grandfather also named Critias, son of Drop...
17: ...us]], to where proud and warlike men used to come from the continent beyond the islands, in order to o...
20: ...s]] recorded that the Atlanteans did not know the fruits of [[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]]. In fact, Old...
21: ...scribes it as having a climate that is very mild; fruits and vegetables grow ripe throughout the year.... - Rift (geology) (1656 bytes)
1: ..._valley.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Rift Valley, Kenya Africa. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
3: ...rifting to spreading develops as three converging rifts over a [[hotspot]]. Two of these evolve to the p...
5: Examples of rifts include:
6: * [[Great Rift Valley]] in [[Africa]] - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...approximately [[1 E7 m|19,800 km]] (12,300 miles) from [[Indonesia]] to the coast of [[Colombia]]. The...
9: ...agellan]] named the ocean. For most of his voyage from the [[Straits of Magellan]] to the [[Philippine...
18: ...]] and [[phillipsite]]. Pelagic sediments derived from seawater include pelagic red clays and the skel...
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36: ...iderable cloudiness, light fluctuating winds, and frequent calms.
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