Monday, October 6, 2014

  • Week of Oct. 6th-Oct. 16
  • The Great Super Continent - Pangaea - this massive landform was created about 270 million years ago and broke up about 220 million years ago

  • What about the future?

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 Questions to Consider:

1.  What is the hypothesis of continental drift?
2. Why was the hypothesis of continental drift rejected initially?
3.  What are the 3 types of evidence that supports continental drift?
4.  What are the super-continents of Pangaea and Gondwana?
5.  What is the theory of plate tectonics?
6.  What are the 3 types of evidence that support the theory of plate tectonics?
7.  How does the process of sea-floor spreading work?
8. What is a magnetic field reversal?
9.  How do the locations of earthquakes and volcanoes relate to the theory of plate tectonics?
10. What are some of the early contributions of scientists who developed the theory of plate tectonics?

What Evidence Supports Plate Tectonics?

1.  Sea-Floor Spreading


2.  Locations of Volcanoes and Earthquakes
    Tectonic Plate Boundaries - red dots indicate locations of volcanoes and frequent earthquake activity

     3.  Magnetic Field Reversals and Properties of the 
    Sea Floor







    • The Earth's Magnetic Field



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