Technology allows us to extend our own ideas into the physical world using tools and generally, the goal of this is to improve the quality of life for ourselves or others. <span>One of the downsides to adapting technology to improve our lives is that in the process, we very often hurt something else such as the ecosystem and in turn, this hurts our quality of life.</span>
An imaginary line that crosses Ecuador
The moving of continents is called continental drift. The average speed of the movement of these continents are 2.5 inches per year. Examples would be t<span>he North American and Eurasian tectonic plates which are separated by the </span>Mid-Atlantic Ridge<span>. The two continents are moving away from each other at the rate of about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) per year. </span>