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TECTONIC PLATES AND DRIFTING OF CONTINENTS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5q8hzF9VVE

1. WHAT ARE THE FOUR PROOFS THAT SHOW THAT CONTINENTS ARE  DRIFTING ?
2. HOW FOSSILS TELL US THAT CONTINENTAL DRIFTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE ?
GO THROUGH THE BELOW LINK  AND ANSWER THE BELOW SET OF QUESTIONS

http://orhsstaff.conroeisd.net/Teachers/jnjohnson/FOV1-0024449C/Landform%20FormationPlate%20Boundaries.pdf

3. GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF DEEP OCEAN TRENCH ?
4. THE DIVERGENCE OF OCEANIC PLATES AND CONTINENTAL PLATES RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF DIFFERENT LANDFORMS. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT LANDFORMS FORMED IN THE TWO CASES.
5. WHEN A CONTINENTAL PLATE AND AN OCEANIC PLATE COLLIDES THE OCEANIC PLATE SINKS UNDER (SUBDUCTS)  THE CONTINENTAL PLATE . WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?
6. WHAT KIND OF PLATE MOVEMENTS HAVE RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF HIMALAYAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuSHOQ6gv5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDrMH7RwupQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9bKXY0OMxc

7.   You can see in the map below Penguins are found in Africa , Antarctica, South America and Australia. Penguins cannot fly ,neither can they swim hundreds of kilometres in the ocean , then how did these penguins reach these places

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