
What can plate tectonics teach us?
The Naked Scientists Podcast
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The Secret Ingredient to This Amazing Demonstration
James had no idea what an oceanic crust was. But to demonstrate that, because these are on the scale, unimaginable, massive Earth plates and oceanic plates. I have an orange. Would you mind peeling this orange? Well, whilst he's doing that, I'm going to reveal the secret ingredient to this wonderful demonstration, which is a pot of jam. James, would you like to peel off your most Africa-shaped bit of orange peel? Put that back on the orange on top of the jam and then we've got, let's call this Europe. Is it already doing better than Earth? Yeah. Way better than James.
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