Theory of Continental Drift: Causes and Evidence

Theory of Continental Drift: Causes and Evidence

If you take a look at a map of the earth today, you will see the current locations of broken land masses that constitute the earth. However, would you believe if someone told you that these broken land masses were once connected to each other as one huge supercontinent?  Well, this claim was made in…

The Rock Cycle: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks

The Rock Cycle: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks

Rocks ordinarily lie everywhere on the ground of the earth. They constitute most of the landforms, as we often notice. For instance, rocks make up the mountains and most of the non-water portions of the earth’s surface. A rock is hence defined as a solid naturally occurring mass or lumps of consolidated mineral matter that…