Plate Tectonics

A Segment From: Greatest Discoveries with Bill Nye: Earth Science

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46:59 Greatest Discoveries with Bill Nye: Earth Science

1. 6:59 Inside Our Planet

A. 3:07 The Outer Core

B. 3:52 The Inner Core

2. 10:45 Exploring the Earth

A. 2:21 Continental Drift

B. 4:01 The Sea Floor Is Spreading

C. 4:22 Plate Tectonics

3. 8:56 Earth's Atmosphere

A. 3:10 Troposphere and Stratosphere

B. 2:49 Cosmic Radiation

C. 2:54 Magnetic Field Reversal

4. 6:53 Climate Changes

A. 2:34 Periodic Ice Age

B. 4:17 Global Warming

5. 8:56 Rocks of Ages

A. 3:25 Geological Changes

B. 5:31 Radiometric Dating

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Greatest Discoveries with Bill Nye: Earth Science. Discovery Channel School. 2005. Cosmeo. 02 September 2010

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Greatest Discoveries with Bill Nye: Earth Science. Discovery Channel School (2005). Retrieved September 02, 2010, from Cosmeo: http://www.cosmeo.com/

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Discovery Channel School. "Greatest Discoveries with Bill Nye: Earth Science."
Cosmeo. http://www.cosmeo.com/

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Inside Our Planet — Examines Earth’s inner and outer cores. Exploring the Earth — Illustrates plate tectonics. Earth’s Atmosphere — Describes Earth’s magnetic field and the effects of cosmic radiation. Earth’s Climate Changes — Examines global warming and Earth’s periodic ice ages. Rocks of Ages — Analyzes the methods scientists use to date rocks and minerals. Curriculum Explorer