Continental-Drift-and-Seafloor-Spreading
... (Pangaea), broke apart, and “drifted” to their current locations. • Proposed by Alfred Wegener (1915). He had evidence that Pangaea existed… ...
... (Pangaea), broke apart, and “drifted” to their current locations. • Proposed by Alfred Wegener (1915). He had evidence that Pangaea existed… ...
Earth System - Plate Tectonics
... Based on the current position of the continents, in what general direction did South America drift away Plate Tectonics Quiz from Name:Pangaea? Date: a. East Class: b. West c. North d. South 2. What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift? a. Fossil discoveries b. ...
... Based on the current position of the continents, in what general direction did South America drift away Plate Tectonics Quiz from Name:Pangaea? Date: a. East Class: b. West c. North d. South 2. What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift? a. Fossil discoveries b. ...
plate tectonics post-test
... 10. What does the term Pangaea mean in Greek? What is the definition? 11. What are the 6 main pieces of evidence that support the theory of continental drift? 12. Why did many people reject Wegener’s theory? 13. What does the law of superposition state? 14. How does the law of superposition support ...
... 10. What does the term Pangaea mean in Greek? What is the definition? 11. What are the 6 main pieces of evidence that support the theory of continental drift? 12. Why did many people reject Wegener’s theory? 13. What does the law of superposition state? 14. How does the law of superposition support ...
8.4 Plate Movement and Continental Growth
... In millions of years the continents changed not only their location but also shape, and size! Every continent has a core of the old Pangaea. This old crust is called craton. The North part of Canada and the neighboring islands are part of an old, old piece of crust called the Canadian Shield. Here w ...
... In millions of years the continents changed not only their location but also shape, and size! Every continent has a core of the old Pangaea. This old crust is called craton. The North part of Canada and the neighboring islands are part of an old, old piece of crust called the Canadian Shield. Here w ...
Jeopardy 19,21(#2) - Heritage Collegiate
... This type of rock is impermeable and hence keeps upwardly mobile oil and gas from escaping at the surface. ...
... This type of rock is impermeable and hence keeps upwardly mobile oil and gas from escaping at the surface. ...
Earth`s Plates in Motion - Etiwanda E
... What is Pangea? The theory of Continental Drift Seafloor Spreading What is Plate Tectonics? Timeline ...
... What is Pangea? The theory of Continental Drift Seafloor Spreading What is Plate Tectonics? Timeline ...
Chp 12.1- Evidence for Continental Drift
... • There were matching GEOLOGICAL FEATURES and rocks on DIFFERENT continents. • There were matching FOSSILS, like Mesosaurus, on different continents. ...
... • There were matching GEOLOGICAL FEATURES and rocks on DIFFERENT continents. • There were matching FOSSILS, like Mesosaurus, on different continents. ...
Chapter 1 Study Guide – Plate Tectonics
... Continental Drift What was Wegener’s hypothesis? -All of the continents had once been joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart Why did scientists reject Wegener’s hypothesis? -He could not provide a satisfactory explanation for the force that pushes or pulls the continents B ...
... Continental Drift What was Wegener’s hypothesis? -All of the continents had once been joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart Why did scientists reject Wegener’s hypothesis? -He could not provide a satisfactory explanation for the force that pushes or pulls the continents B ...
Document
... 24. Ice covered most of Earth when all the continents were located near ______________________________________________________________ . 25. What caused Earth’s temperatures to change and its ice sheet to melt? _______________________________________________________________ 26. What happens to popul ...
... 24. Ice covered most of Earth when all the continents were located near ______________________________________________________________ . 25. What caused Earth’s temperatures to change and its ice sheet to melt? _______________________________________________________________ 26. What happens to popul ...
10-3 Directed Reading
... 24. Ice covered most of Earth when all the continents were located near ______________________________________________________________ . 25. What caused Earth’s temperatures to change and its ice sheet to melt? _______________________________________________________________ 26. What happens to popul ...
... 24. Ice covered most of Earth when all the continents were located near ______________________________________________________________ . 25. What caused Earth’s temperatures to change and its ice sheet to melt? _______________________________________________________________ 26. What happens to popul ...
Unit 4 Chapter 10
... 200 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era, Pangaea broke up into 2 continents, Laurasia and Gondwanaland. Laurasia drifted northward and rotated and then split into North America and Eurasia with the North Atlantic Ocean between them. It also shrank the Tethys Sea to become the Mediterranean Oce ...
... 200 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era, Pangaea broke up into 2 continents, Laurasia and Gondwanaland. Laurasia drifted northward and rotated and then split into North America and Eurasia with the North Atlantic Ocean between them. It also shrank the Tethys Sea to become the Mediterranean Oce ...
Continental Drift Theory and Plate Tectonics
... • Proposed in 1912 by ___________? • Theory - 200 million years ago the Earth was one giant continent called _______________? • From this one continent today's continents broke apart and drifted into their current locations. • How did Wegener support his theory? ...
... • Proposed in 1912 by ___________? • Theory - 200 million years ago the Earth was one giant continent called _______________? • From this one continent today's continents broke apart and drifted into their current locations. • How did Wegener support his theory? ...
Presentation
... Puzzle Theory: How well the continents fit together, like a puzzle. Fossil Pattern: Fossils of the same plant and animal species are found on continents that are on different side of the Atlantic. Rocks: Rock formations and rock dating showed that these rocks and formations were the same age, thus l ...
... Puzzle Theory: How well the continents fit together, like a puzzle. Fossil Pattern: Fossils of the same plant and animal species are found on continents that are on different side of the Atlantic. Rocks: Rock formations and rock dating showed that these rocks and formations were the same age, thus l ...
Directed Reading
... Directed Reading continued ______ 33. What causes a supercontinent to break apart? a. Heat inside Earth causes rifts to form in the supercontinent. b. The convergent boundary between two continents becomes ...
... Directed Reading continued ______ 33. What causes a supercontinent to break apart? a. Heat inside Earth causes rifts to form in the supercontinent. b. The convergent boundary between two continents becomes ...
Ice Age: Continental Drift
... Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift was extremely controversial. Most scientists simply refused to accept the idea of continents floating around on Earth’s surface. Instead, they believed that repeating cycles of heating and cooling caused the changes in Earth’s landforms. Wegener’s problem ...
... Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift was extremely controversial. Most scientists simply refused to accept the idea of continents floating around on Earth’s surface. Instead, they believed that repeating cycles of heating and cooling caused the changes in Earth’s landforms. Wegener’s problem ...
Plate Tectonics
... Continental drift is Wegener’s theory that all continents had once been joined together in a single landmass and have drifted apart since. Wegener named this supercontinent Pangaea. Wegener’s theory was rejected by scientists because he could not explain what force pushes or pulls continents. ...
... Continental drift is Wegener’s theory that all continents had once been joined together in a single landmass and have drifted apart since. Wegener named this supercontinent Pangaea. Wegener’s theory was rejected by scientists because he could not explain what force pushes or pulls continents. ...
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics ANSWER KEY
... ANSWER KEY Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics – Making Your Own Notes! Continental Drift 1.) The “father” of the Continental Drift theory is Alfred Wegener, a German scientist who believe that the continents were once all connected, creating one super continent called Pangaea. 2.) He published hi ...
... ANSWER KEY Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics – Making Your Own Notes! Continental Drift 1.) The “father” of the Continental Drift theory is Alfred Wegener, a German scientist who believe that the continents were once all connected, creating one super continent called Pangaea. 2.) He published hi ...
Chapter 10 * Plate Tectonics
... a single landmass called a supercontinent. According to Wegener, this supercontinent began breaking up into smaller continents during the Mesozoic Era (250 million years ago). It has taken millions of years for these continents to drift to their present locations. Some mountains may be the result of ...
... a single landmass called a supercontinent. According to Wegener, this supercontinent began breaking up into smaller continents during the Mesozoic Era (250 million years ago). It has taken millions of years for these continents to drift to their present locations. Some mountains may be the result of ...
PlateTectonicsTheoryteachernotesL2 30.50KB
... 3. Climatological evidence Places as far apart as Antarctica, North America and the UK contain similar coal deposits formed in tropic climates in the Carboniferous period. They must have drifted from their original locations. 4. Biological evidence Identical plant and animal fossils are found in roc ...
... 3. Climatological evidence Places as far apart as Antarctica, North America and the UK contain similar coal deposits formed in tropic climates in the Carboniferous period. They must have drifted from their original locations. 4. Biological evidence Identical plant and animal fossils are found in roc ...
Plates of the Lithosphere - Cal State LA
... • Compressional forces result in plates colliding with each other • Depending on the types of crust that are colliding, convergent boundaries produce different land features ...
... • Compressional forces result in plates colliding with each other • Depending on the types of crust that are colliding, convergent boundaries produce different land features ...
The Theory of Continental Drift
... • Wegener's theory was not accepted by scientists due to two major flaws, what were they? – What is the driving force behind the movement of the continents? – How were the continents moving without fracturing? ...
... • Wegener's theory was not accepted by scientists due to two major flaws, what were they? – What is the driving force behind the movement of the continents? – How were the continents moving without fracturing? ...
Pangaea
Pangaea or Pangea (/pænˈdʒiːə/) was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It assembled from earlier continental units approximately 300 million years ago, and it began to break apart about 175 million years ago. In contrast to the present Earth and its distribution of continental mass, much of Pangaea was in the southern hemisphere and surrounded by a super ocean, Panthalassa. Pangaea was the last supercontinent to have existed and the first to be reconstructed by geologists.