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Which continental appears much wider than it really is compares to the other continents?
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 11y agoAll continents' sizes are distorted on a map, making them appear larger than they truly are. Most notably, the island of Greenland and the continent of North America are tremendously stretched to appear longer than in reality, more so than the other continents. All maps distort the size of the continents as its difficult to perfectly turn a 3D map (a globe) into a 2D map (flat piece of paper); the longitude is usually stretched.
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Which continent appears much wider than it really is compared to other continents?
Greenland appears much wider than it actually is when compared to other continents, due to map distortion caused by the Mercator projection. Greenland is often depicted as being larger in size when compared to other continents like Africa or South America.
Which continent appears wider than it really is compared to the other continents?
Europe or Asia which ever on
Which continent appears much wider than it is really iscompared to the other continents?
Asia because its the largest contenent in the world...
Is continental drift really happening?
Yes, and with modern GPS measuring system we can actually see/measure the movement of the continents on a yearly basis. They move at the same speed that your fingernails grow.
Which continent appears much wider than it really is compared to other continents on a mercator projection map?
If I remember correctly, it is Antarctica, because in the process of making a model of the earth flat so that it can become a map, the globe is distorted, meaning that some seas and continents look bigger than they really are, like Greenland.
What is the continents of Asia are really parts of the same land mass?
What is the continents of asia are really parts of the same land mass?
Do the boundaries of the plates always match up with the edges of the continents?
No, not really. In fact, many continental plate boundaries are located in the ocean adjacent to the continent. You can see this easily in the eastern boundary of the south American plate.
Why did scientists reject wegners theory of continental drift?
Scientist rejected Wegners hypothesis of continental drift at first because he did not have enogh evidence to support his theory. He failed to provide a suitable mechanism that could cause the continents to move.
How many continents are there really in the world?
7
Is Europe really a continent?
yes it is one of the seven continents
How do you change bulb on Lincoln Continental door?
It has to really really want to change
What do all continents have in common that paleontologists notice?
All paleontologists,(and other people), notice that on every continent, there were similar fossils. Obviously, not all prehistoric/Precambrian organisms could swim all the way across oceans, so the continents had to have moved. This proved Wegener's hypothesis(some really old scientist i learned about in science class)which was continental drift.
