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Ask Hentzau: Scrat Continental Crack Up.

 

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How scientifically accurate is this? [link to the above video]

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This Is Why Galactus Likes Eating Planets.


Tectonics. Tectonics. It’s a word that you can really roll around in your mouth, like a tic-tac. Or a tim-tam. Or a tick-tock. Okay, maybe not that last one. Tec-ton-ics. Aside from its phonophiliac qualities the study of plate tectonics and the Earth’s interior is very interesting from a planetary science point of view, because the Earth has some internal qualities that are – as far as we know – unique amongst the discovered planets.

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