LAMARCK's THEORY
Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) proposed a theory which was published in "<em>Philosophie Zoologique"</em> (1809). This theory is simply known as Lamarckism. It has two main postulates:
1. Use and disuse of organs
2. Inheritance of acquired characters.
Example
He explained his theory by giving the examples:
1. Neck length of Girrafes
2. Webbed toes of water birds, and
3. Wings of penguins
Explanation
Lamarck explained that water birds use toe for swimming, with the passage of time webbed were developed in their toes. these features were then transferred to their offspring.
Drawback
Lamarck theory was based on natural observation. It did not explain the genetic basis of such characteristics.
I would say that the temperate zones though they do have areas such as the Pacific NW that have significant rainfall, but relative to the tropics are apparently relatively dry since they contain most of the world's deserts like the Sahara, the Sonora and the Gobi and the Atacama for example.
Answer:
Oceanic crust is younger crust . Well, It is because, an oceanic crust is formed when a continental crust undergoes a big tension crack due to the forces generated inside the earth, which may be because of the magma dwelling inside. As the crack becomes prominent, the continent is broken into the segments with a big oceanic basin kind of structure between them (This takes millions and millions of years). Sediments deposit in the basin and get stratified to form the oceanic crust. This is the reason that oceanic crust is younger than the continental crust.
