The property of carbon that allows it to make very large organic molecules would be the ability of carbon to form a maximum of 4 covalent bonds. Due to its 4 valence or outermost electrons.
It's called a tectonic shift.
These plates are always shifting, and they can either grind in opposite directions, pull away from one another, or collide to create a fault-line.
Heat always moves from a warm area into a cooler one. The warm waters of the Gulf stream warms Britain.