NORTH AMERICA!

WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME “NORTH AMERICA?

North America was named after Amerigo Vespucci but no for discovering it but for coming to the conclusion that it was not part of Asia. His name was switched because Asia and Europe were both named after a women and so he did this.

WHAT TECTONIC PLATES MAKE UP NORTH AMERICA?

• THE NORTH AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN PLATES • ARE THE PLATES THAT SUPPORT NORTH AMERICA.

WHEN DID NORTH AMERICA TAKE ITS CURRENT FORM?

• ACCORDING TO SCHOLARS AMERICA TOOK ITS CURRENT FORM LESS THAN 200 MILLION YEARS AGO.

WHEN DID NORTH AMERICA ARRIVE WERE IT IS TODAY?

NORTH AMERICA TOOK ITS CURRENT INCARNATION LESS THAN 200 MILLION YEARS AGO.

WHAT LANDFORMS, PLANT LIFE, AND ANIMAL LIFE ARE UNIQUE TO NORTH AMERICA?

Grizzly bears

Roadrunners. Roosevelt Elks.

PICTURES:

• HTTP://WWW.GEOLOGYIN.COM/2015/02/NORTH-AMERICAN-PLATE-SHATTERED-SPEED.HTML• HTTP://MAPOFTHEWORLDMAPZ.BLOGSPOT.COM/2015/10/MAP-OF-NORTH-AMERICA.HTML• HTTPS://

CA.NEWS.YAHOO.COM/BLOGS/GEEKQUINOX/PANGAEA-ULTIMA-SUPERCONTINENT-FUTURE-EARTH-132905070.HTML

• HTTP://CIAOAMERICAMAGAZINE.COM/TAG/AMERIGO-VESPUCCI/• HTTP://WWW.LIVEOUTDOORS.COM/HUNTING/167321-ROOSEVELT-ELK-WITH-A-BOW/• HTTP://

GAMBARKARTUNFILMANIMASI.BLOGSPOT.COM/2014/06/KUMPULAN-GAMBAR-ROAD-RUNNER-SHOW.HTML• HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/GREATER_ROADRUNNER• HTTP://ANIMALIA-LIFE.COM/GRIZZLY-BEAR.HTML• HTTP://WWW.DICTIONARYBANK.COM/NORTH-AMERICA-MAP-10-12/

CITATIONS:

• OSKIN, BECKY. "GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA." LIVESCIENCE. TECHMEDIA NETWORK, 04 APR. 2013. WEB. 03 NOV. 2015. <HTTP://WWW.LIVESCIENCE.COM/>.

• "NORTH AMERICA: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY." NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. N.P., N.D. WEB. 02 NOV. 2015. <HTTP://EDUCATION.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/ENCYCLOPEDIA/NORTH-AMERICA-PHYSICAL-GEOGRAPHY/>.