How Does Continental Drift Affect Living Organisms
When the Plates Move They Collide or Spread Apart Allowing the Very Hot Molten Material Called Lava to Escape from the Mantle. When Collisions Occur They...
How does plate tectonics affect our lives?
Plate activity on Earth has helped to regulate the level of carbon dioxide over the eons. The same weathering that pulls nutrients from mountaintops down into the oceans also helps to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. … The Alaska Range continues to grow today as a result of plate tectonics.
What would happen if all the continents were connected?
The supercontinent would be centered at the equator. Wildlife would become less diverse as not all species can bear hot temperatures. But just like the most recent continental mashup, this reunion wouldn’t last forever. Well, not longer than 50 million years.
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