If you have not been already, I introduce you to the Galapagos Islands! Just click the green flag plus the "Ready to take the tour?" arrow and sit back and enjoy.
CREDITS: - I found a bunch of images on google and modified some of them (i.e. put them together on the same costume, erased some parts off) - All art, coding, and narrating was done by me - All art was done on vector except for the backdrop (I only used bitmap to help color in the background to save time, but also cuz I'm lazy ;v;) - The background song is Greenpath from a video game called Hollow Knight and is composed by Christopher Larkin THE SCRIPT IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG: Scene #1: Welcome to the Galapagos Islands, a special and unique landform. It’s really outstanding in many ways. The famous ecologist Charles Darwin once visited here to study biology in 1835. This chain of islands consists of at least 12 islands, with the youngest being Fernandina and the oldest being Espanola. Scene #2: The Galapagos Islands are located over 600 miles or 1000 kilometers off of the coast of Ecuador in South America and lie at the very top left corner of the Nazca plate. Scene #3: The Galapagos Islands are unique because they essentially have this “life cycle.” Each and every one of its islands are born, will move to the right 5 cm per year, and will eventually sink into the Pacific Ocean. Scene #4: The younger islands are born because of active volcanoes that are driven by the Galapagos hotspot whose lava creates more land. These volcanoes consist of shield volcanoes which can carve out lava plateaus. Also, these islands are all born erratically, meaning that islands that are situated more to the right aren’t necessarily older. Scene #5: The Galapagos Islands, like other landforms, are able to move because of the plate that they are situated on--in this case, the Nazca plate--shift around. This shifting is caused by a phenomenon known as seafloor spreading, where a divergent plate boundary on oceanic crust, a part of the lithosphere, creates new seafloor from the magma that seeps up through the asthenosphere, a part of the Earth’s mantle. Scene : Now it’s time to talk about the life that thrives on the Galapagos Islands! The Galapagos Islands have tons of endemic plants and animals on both land and sea. Have you ever heard about Darwin’s Finches--also called the Galapagos Finches? Observing the specimens of these finches is what helped Darwin create his theory of evolution! Fun fact: The finches technically aren’t actual finches, as they are of the tanager family, Thraupidae, not the finch family, Fringillidae. Also, the word “Galapagos” is an old Spanish word for “saddle,” as Spanish sailors thought that Galapagos tortoise shells looked like saddles, which is mostly how the Galapagos Islands got their name, as they are named after the Galapagos tortoise (oh boy, that was quite a mouthful). Scene : Like most physical things in this world, the Galapagos Islands don’t last forever, or at least individual islands don’t. Each individual island will ultimately sink due to contraction from cooling over thousands of years. However, as long as no harm will come to the Earth, our dynamic planet will always continue to create more islands. Scene : That concludes our tour of the Galapagos Islands. We have explored how the Galapagos Islands’ life cycle works, as well as some of its wildlife and history. Thank you for joining me on this wonderful trip! ...Why did I spend so much time and effort on this XD (although it isn't really good quality) It was pretty worth it tho :) :) :) Also, sorry if my voice doesn't sound very clear/if I'm speaking too fast :P Only Science Olympiad people will under stand the following joke: oH wOw, gUeSs lIkE dYnAmIc pLaNeT aNd oRnItHoLoGy cAmE iN hAnDy aNd yEs, i'M iN bOtH oF tHoSe eVeNtS sO yEaH
