Go to the following Geotours Folder in Google Earth: 2. Exploring Geology Using

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Go to the following Geotours Folder in Google Earth: 2. Exploring Geology Using Google Earth ? Geotour Worksheets ? K. Earth History. Check and double-click the “Paleogeographic Model” folder in the "Global Paleogeographic Model" folder within the K. Earth History worksheet folder and make the entire folder semi-transparent. Turn on the latitude and longitude lines (View ? Grid) and Borders and Labels in the Layers panel. Now, play the time animation through several times and rotate the globe to watch the animation from different perspectives. You can manually play the animation by grabbing the right part of the time slider and moving it, or you can toggle the animation on/off automatically by clicking the right-most clock icon in the historical animation box (upper left corner of the Google Earth viewer). Leave the Paleogeographic Maps checked to answer the following questions. Check and double-click placemark Problem 1f. What mountain belt does this convergence form (note that the eastern coast of North America figures prominently in this collision)?

Himalayas

Ediacarans

Mazatzals

Appalachians/Caledonides

Explanation / Answer

What mountain belt does this convergence form (note that the eastern coast of North America figures prominently in this collision)?

(d) Appalachians/Caledonides

Two continental crust Gondwana and landmass which is present day North America underwent collision and lift up the mountain ranges.These are convergent plate boundaries.

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