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Continental Drift Visit phSchool.com again. Web code: cfp- 1015 Choose continental drift button. And move bar across bottom of picture to make the continents move. Repeat as needed to fill in the table. For location note its relationship to the equator. Background Information: The equator has uniform day length and so less seasonal changes in temperature. It also experiences more direct sunlight. The equator is always warm. The farther the north or south from the equator the days are shorter and longer and so experience more seasonal changes. These areas receive more indirect or angled sunlight and so climate is warm in summer and cold in winter. Continent 225 mya 180 mya 135 mya present North America green Location: Location: Location: Location: Predict climate: Predict climate: Predict climate: Predict climate: Location: Location: Location: Location: Predict climate: Predict climate: Predict climate: Predict climate: Location: Location: Location: Location: Predict climate: Predict climate: Predict climate: Predict climate: Location: Location: Location: Location: Predict climate: Predict climate: Predict climate: Predict climate: Location: Location: Location: Location: Predict climate: Predict climate: Predict climate: Predict climate: Location: Location: Location: Location: Predict climate: Predict climate: Predict climate: Predict climate: South America Gold Europe-Asia purple India Yellow Antarctica Lavender Australia Orange 1. Which continents moved away from the equator and so got colder? ___________________________________________________________________ 2. Which continents moved towards the equator and so got warmer? ____________________________________________________________________ 3. Estimate when North and South America were not connected. From _______________mya to _________________________mya 4. Which continent moved the most and so experienced the most climate change? ______________________________________________ 5. Which continent stayed the closest to the equator for this time period and so experienced the least climate change? (hint: it is not Africa} _______________________________________________ 6. The continent that stayed at the equator (question 4) is the continent with the most bio-diversity (number of different species), Explain this. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7. Fossils of early glossopteris fern/plants are found on all continents. These early plants evolved when Pangea existed. How long ago must ferns evolved? _______________________________________________________ 8. Fossils of a plant eating reptile Lystrosaurus was found in Africa, India, and Antarctica . What does the fossils of Lystrosaurus in separate places suggest? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 9. Most marsupials (pouched mammals) live in Australia. What can you infer about the evolution of marsupials using continental drift? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 10. How did the slow geological change in earth by continental drift produce changes to the distribution of life on earth? A thoughtful answer will include three ideas. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________