HI SIR MART, CAN I ASK WHAT IS THE BASIS OF THE SCIENTIST IN DIVIDING LITHOSPHERE IN SEVERAL PLATES?
HI JOHN, THE DISTRIBUTION OF EARTHQUAKE EPICENTERS, LOCATION OF VOLCANOES, AND FORMATION OF MOUNTAIN RANGES.
HOW ARE THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER DISTRIBUTED?
EARTHQUAKE EPICENTERS ARE NOT RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED ON EARTH. THEY OCCUR WHEREVER TWO TECTONIC PLATES MEET.
MOST VOLCANOES ARE FOUND ALONG A BELT, CALLED "RING OF FIRE" THAT ENCIRCLES THE PACIFIC OCEAN. SOME VOLCANOES, LIKE THOSE THAT FORM FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND, OCCUR IN THE INTERIOR OF PLATES AT AREAS CALLED "HOT SPOTS".
WHERE THE VOLCANOES LOCATED?
MOUNTAINS FORM WHERE TWO CONTINENTAL PLATES COLLIDE. SINCE BOTH PLATES HAVE A SIMILAR THICKNESS AND WEIGHT, NEITHER ONE WILL SINK UNDER THE OTHER.
HOW ARE THE MOUNTAIN RANGES FORMED?
MY LAST QUESTION SIR MART WHO DISCOVER THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT?
ALFRED WEGENER, THE REALIZATION THAT EARTH'S LAND MASSES MOVE WAS FIRST PROPOSED BY ALFRED WEGENER, WHICH HE CALLED CONTINENTAL DRIFT.