Copernican heliocentrism<span> is the name given to the astronomical </span>model<span> developed by </span>Nicolaus Copernicus<span> and published in 1543. It positioned the </span>Sun<span> near the center of the </span>Universe<span>, motionless, with Earth and the other planets rotating around it in circular paths modified by epicycles and at uniform speeds. The Copernican model departed from the </span>Ptolemaic<span> system that prevailed in </span>Western culture<span> for centuries, placing Earth at the </span>center of the Universe<span>, and is often regarded as the launching point to modern </span>astronomy<span> and the </span>Scientific Revolution.
Earthquakes and volcanoes occur along the edges of the plates. ... When plates move apart, they produce new ocean floor as magma from the mantle rises up through volcanoes and deposits new rock along the plate boundaries. In some areas plates slide alongside each other, neither creating nor destroying land.
Latitude determines the climate in any given location
