RESOURCES
9. The geosphere
| Video - The problem of how the Earth’s relief came to be | |
| 1. The study of the Earth | |
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Presentation - Discoverers of discontinuities |
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Video - Seismic waves and their propagation |
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Interactive activity - The seismic method and discontinuities |
| 2. The structure of the geosphere | |
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Presentation - The layers of the Earth |
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Video - Convection currents |
| 3. The dynamics of the geosphere: plate tectonics | |
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Video - Do the continents move? |
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Video - Divergent boundaries |
| 4. The evolution of the lithosphere | |
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Presentation - Tuzo Wilson |
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Video - The Wilson cycle |
| 5. The evidence for the theory of plate tectonics | |
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Video - Geological activity at hot spots |