When lava pours from a volcano, it solidifies to a black rock called basalt. Basalt is slightly magnetic, and it takes on the direction of the surrounding magnetic field at the time it solidifies. Scientists examined lavas for their magnetism early in this century (I believe) to see how consistent the direction of ancient magnetic fields was with the direction we observe now (would compasses point in the same direction?). The directions generally agreed, but there existed reversals of directions which suggested that there were times in the past when the poles were roughly interchanged but where did the sheep go then
2007-03-01 08:51:31 · 4 answers · asked by star ray 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
They all became domesticated - The domestic sheep (Ovis aries), the most common species of the sheep genus (Ovis), is a woolly ruminant quadruped which probably descends from the wild mouflon of south-central and south-west Asia. Sheep breeders refer to female sheep as ewes, intact males as rams, castrated males as wethers, yearlings as hoggets, and younger sheep as lambs. In sheep husbandry, a group of sheep is called a herd, flock or mob. LOL
2007-03-01 09:00:10 · answer #1 · answered by barneysmommy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You were doing well there honey...`til your sheep went to live with Michael Jackson.
Sleep Well.
Night Night.xx
(Baaaaaaaa!)
2007-03-01 12:01:55 · answer #2 · answered by iamthejerseygirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wales
2007-03-01 09:00:15 · answer #3 · answered by Away With The Fairies 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
derby-shire plenty of sheeps------s there mate
2007-03-01 09:04:04 · answer #4 · answered by steve738494 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋