1. APES Week 3 Study Questions 1. Within the context of plate tectonics, explain the existence of the following: Asia’s Himalayas Africa’s Great Rift Valley & Great Lakes Antarctica’s Lake Vostok Hawaiian Islands & Emperor Seamounts Greater & Lesser Antilles South America’s Andes North America’s San Andreas Fault Iceland Europe’s Alps New Zealand’s Alps

2. Possible Sources http://www.scotese.com/pangeanim.htm

3. 2. The story of North America’s mountain ranges is arguably far more complex than that of any mountains from any other continent. Explain how the Appalachians and Rockies each came to be.

4. Possible Sources http://www.scotese.com/pangeanim.htm Appalachians http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpC31JbMY-A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSnrFld3EE8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H72I_kVFbJM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeNlAIndO7s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE_tDjhNwfA Alps, Rockies, & Himalaya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVuBqNdUg94 Rockies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k-Som4lZx8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJk9cFz152s

5. 3. How long have North & South America been connected? Retrace the contrasting tectonic paths of these two continents between breakup of Pangea and the present day. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.230 7/2400869?uid=3739920&uid=2129& uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&s id=21102638005873 http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.230 7/2400869?uid=3739920&uid=2129& uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&s id=21102638005873

6. 4. How has the formation of the Himalaya affected world climate? 5. What and where is Wallace’s Line? Wallacea? Explain the significance of this area from a biogeographical standpoint, contrasting the respective fates of Australia and East Asia.

7. #4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCnAek1- A6M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCnAek1- A6M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goszsQl0B c0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goszsQl0B c0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnE6S_M b-mY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnE6S_M b-mY http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/12/ 17/the-amazing-and-compelling-story-of-the- tethys-sea/ http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/12/ 17/the-amazing-and-compelling-story-of-the- tethys-sea/

8. #5 The Man http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/science- of-natural-history/biographies/wallace/ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/science- of-natural-history/biographies/wallace/ Wallace’s Line http://www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES /GEOG235/zoogeog/walline.html http://www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES /GEOG235/zoogeog/walline.html Wallacea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallacea