Contrast: New England and the Mid Atlantic Colonists began arriving in the Americas in the early 1600’s. Some were seeking wealth and opportunity in the New World‚ others fleeing from persecution in their native country. Two distinct regions of the 13 British colonies were New England and the Mid Atlantic and though the two areas were governed by the British‚ in some ways they were quite different. Though they share similar backgrounds‚ the New England and Mid Atlantic regions differed in the structure
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produced the mid ocean ridge system‚ which can also be described as a global range of underwater mountains. Well known ocean ridges include the Mid Atlantic Ridge‚ the East Pacific Rise‚ the Juan de Fuca Ridge‚ and the Galapagos Rise. Within continents‚ divergent margins produce rift valleys such as the Red Sea and East African Rifts; and the lesser known West Antarctic Rift. Mid-Atlantic Ridge: The North American and Eurasian Plates are moving away from each other along the line of the Mid Atlantic
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top of a hotspot experiences severe volcanic activity one of the most well known eruptions was in 2010 when Eyjafjallajokull erupted seriously disrupting European air traffic. Iceland is situated is situated in the mid Atlantic ridge a seam in the Earth’s surface under the North Atlantic Ocean where the Eurasian and North American plates slide apart. This island has more than 200 volcanoes which is thought to be what created this island. This picture shows that Iceland sits on a constructive plate
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which is geologically and tectonically separate from the Philippine Sea Plate. The North American Plate is a tectonic plate covering most of North America‚ Greenland‚ Cuba‚ Bahamas‚ and parts ofIceland and the Azores. It extends eastward to the mid-atlantic ridge and westward to the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia. The plate includes both continental and oceanic crust. The interior of the main continental landmass includes an extensivegranitic core called a craton. Along most of the edges of this
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Adapted from an activity by Laurel Goodell February 2013 Introduction to Plate Tectonics via Google Earth (24 pts) B. Topographic Patterns Uncheck all of the layers and focus on topographic features of the earth. Topography of the earth ABOVE sea level Questions Answers 1. Are mountains randomly distributed on the continents‚ or do they tend to occur in particular patterns (clusters‚ linear chains‚ arcs‚ etc.)? Some appear in lines and others in arcs 1pt 2. Find Mt. Everest‚ the highest point
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Continental drift is a theory stating that the Earth’s continents have been joined together and have moved away from each other at different times in the Earth’s history. The theory was first proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912. Whilst his general idea of continental movement eventually became widely accepted‚ his explanation for the mechanism of the movement has been supplanted by the theory of plant tectonics. However there was a problem in accepting this idea originally because Wegener had no convincing
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the convection currents lift the ends of the plates‚ forming a ridge‚ and their opening fills with magma and cools; this then repeats itself. The most famous oceanic divergent boundary is the mid Atlantic ridge‚ the 10‚000 mile unseen mountain range that dominates as the longest of them all‚ making the Atlantic Ocean continually bigger‚ since the Triassic period. This boundary has proven the existence of sea floor spreading‚ as Harry Hess was studying the ocean floor and found the crust’s ridges having
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Mid-Atlantic Nursing Center Mary Ann Lewis is the CEO of Mid-Atlantic Nursing Center (MANC). She has come to the knowledge that a former patient’s son would like to endorse a new facility to expand MANC. MANC is an assisted living facility whose clients are taken care of in a home like environment. MANC has two open facilities in northern Virginia and in suburban Maryland. The two already running facilities comprise of the Virginia‚ Washington D.C.‚ Maryland metro areas. Both the facilities are well
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New England/ America and the Mid- Atlantic New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of six states: Massachusetts‚ Maine‚ New Hampshire‚ Vermont‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. New England is bordered by New York State to the west‚ Long Island to the south‚ the Atlantic Ocean and the Canadian province of New Brunswick to the east‚ and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. The earliest known inhabitants of New England were American Indians who spoke
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Centre Number For Examiner’s Use Candidate Number Surname Other Names Examiner’s Initials Candidate Signature Question General Certificate of Secondary Education Higher Tier June 2013 Geography (Specification A) Unit 1 40301H H Physical Geography Tuesday 4 June 2013 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TOTAL For this paper you must have: the colour insert (enclosed) a pencil a rubber a ruler. You may use a calculator. Time allowed 1 hour 30 minutes Instructions Use black
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