Plate Tectonics Definition of ‘Plate Tectonics’ Plate(s) – “flat” pieces of the lithosphere that cover the dynamic earth Tecton – Greek word for ‘movement’
1: Introduction. A BIT of GEOLOGY Pre-Darwinian ideas William Smith (1769-1839): discovered the succession of kinds of rocks and fosssils through time.
The first flowering plants 1.The most primitive living angiosperms 2.The shared primitive characters 3.Fossils of the most primitive angiosperms 4.Living.