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Subject: Direction of Earth's rotation and shape of the continents

Date: Sat Aug 26 01:56:11 2006
Posted by JEFF
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: No school entered.
City: shrewsbury State/Province: No state entered. Country: UK
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 1156582571.Es
Message:

Does the direction in which the earth rotates on it's axis have an effect on 
plate tectonics and the shape of the continents? Does the direction of orbit 
around the sun have an effect? Would it be possible to have a planet with 
continents that are a mirror image of earth's, without also having rotation (or 
orbit)in the opposite direction?


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