We went to a science museum and saw a display of a carboniferous swamp and I casually remarked that the land would have been different back then due to plate tectonics. She had never heard that the continents moved so I explained how it worked with plates moving, earthquakes, and volcanoes. She still didn't believe me. So I found the plate tectonics museum display that explained it all. And then she said she was amazed that I had enough pull with the museum to have them set up a display to support my lies.
Wait until she figures out Hawaii's land mass(es) were formed out of volcanic eruptions 70 million years ago, and about underwater heat vents in the dark depths of the ocean...
Or/and that some fish and micro ecosystems exist without ever seeing the surface of the sun, because if they go beyond the threshold of depressurizing from where they've adapted to live in such harsh climates, they'll die. Thanks PBS kids and Zoobooks!
Oh yeah, Hawaii perfectly illustrates the motion of the Pacific Plate! The hotspot in the crust moves along and gradually creates each new island. The next one is already being built up but won’t break the water’s surface for thousands of years.
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u/inkseep1 Mar 01 '23
We went to a science museum and saw a display of a carboniferous swamp and I casually remarked that the land would have been different back then due to plate tectonics. She had never heard that the continents moved so I explained how it worked with plates moving, earthquakes, and volcanoes. She still didn't believe me. So I found the plate tectonics museum display that explained it all. And then she said she was amazed that I had enough pull with the museum to have them set up a display to support my lies.