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How do the shapes of south America and Africa support the theory of plate tectonics?
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How does the shape of south america and africa support the theory of plate tectoincs?
Because the shapes of the two are so different but similar
How does water shape human settlement patterns in North Africanorth Africa?
Water shapes human settlement patterns based on transportation (on rivers) and the growth of food- no water, no food, no settlements.
What is the relationship between cone and cylinder?
They are both geometric shapes. Both of the shapes has circles as their base.
What is the similarity between a 2D and a 3D chart?
A sphere, cylinder, cuboid, cone are examples of 3 dimensional shapes.
Which country known as rainbow nation?
The Republic of South Africa is known as the Rainbow Nation. The term was coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to describe Post-Apartheid South Africa after its first truly democratic election in 1994. It has since gained popularity as a term of endearment for the country, referencing both its diverse ethnic and cultural composition and embrace of multiculturalism, and the equally chromatically diverse mosaic of geometric shapes it calls its flag.
How do shapes of South America and Africa support the theory of plate tectonics?
If you look at a picture of south America and Africa and then you cut them out they should fit together like a puzzle piece!
How does the shape of south america and africa support the theory of plate tectoincs?
Because the shapes of the two are so different but similar
Which two continents shapes are similar?
south america and africa
What shapes earth features?
Plate tectonics.
What do you call the physical process that shapes the earth?
Plate Tectonics
What two continents fit together best?
Africa and South America if taken as shapes, slot together quite nicely. Google 'Africa and South America', it's well documented.
Are hurricanes and tornadoes affected by the plate tectonics theory?
Although the positions, shapes, and topographies of continents affect weather events such as hurricanes and tornadoes they are not directly linked with plate tectonics.
The shapes of which two continents' coastlines led to early suggestions they had been joined at one time?
Two Continents Are Africa And South America .
When did dutch mapmaker adraham ortelius first notice that the shapes of Africa and south America fitted together like a jigsaw puzzle?
1650
How is South America and Africa similar physically?
Well, it seems to me that they both have similar geographical shapes. If you don't understand what I mean, study the world map.
Does the shape of the earthquake focus pattern support the theory of plate tectonics?
Earthquakes are most common above boundaries between the tectonic plates. If a map is taken and then earthquake patterns marked on it, the clear shapes of the tectonic plates can be seen, out lined by the earthquake markers. (the clear shapes of the tectonic plates...that's actually kind of a cool rhyme...)
What shapes support bridges the most?
Triangles
