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    Pangea and The Continental Drift Theory Webquest: Name Date Period Part A: Continental Drift

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    The document discusses the continental drift theory, Pangaea, and the development of plate tectonics theory. [1] Alfred Wegener proposed the continental drift theory in the early 20th century, which stated that the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea before drifting apart. [2] Wegener provided four pieces of evidence to support his theory including matching coastlines, fossil distributions, rock strata, and coal deposits. [3] Plate tectonics theory later emerged, building on Wegener's ideas and incorporating evidence of convection currents in the Earth's mantle driving the movement of tectonic plates.

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    The document discusses the continental drift theory, Pangaea, and the development of plate tectonics theory. [1] Alfred Wegener proposed the continental drift theory in the early 20th century, which stated that the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea before drifting apart. [2] Wegener provided four pieces of evidence to support his theory including matching coastlines, fossil distributions, rock strata, and coal deposits. [3] Plate tectonics theory later emerged, building on Wegener's ideas and incorporating evidence of convection currents in the Earth's mantle driving the movement of tectonic plates.

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    The document discusses the continental drift theory, Pangaea, and the development of plate tectonics theory. [1] Alfred Wegener proposed the continental drift theory in the early 20th century, which stated that the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea before drifting apart. [2] Wegener provided four pieces of evidence to support his theory including matching coastlines, fossil distributions, rock strata, and coal deposits. [3] Plate tectonics theory later emerged, building on Wegener's ideas and incorporating evidence of convection currents in the Earth's mantle driving the movement of tectonic plates.

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    Pangea and The Continental Drift Theory Webquest: Name Date Period Part A: Continental Drift

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    Pangea and The Continental Drift Theory Webquest:

    Name Date Period

    Part A: Continental Drift


    1. Type this web address in the address window of Internet Explorer:
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/Contdrift.shtml

    a. What does the Theory of Continental Drift state?

    b. What is the name of the scientist that proposed the Theory of Continental Drift?

    1.) Why was his theory rejected by many people?

    c. What was Pangaea?

    d. What are the names of the two continents that Pangaea separated into?

    In the Boxes below draw a sketch of Earth from the Past to the Present.
    2. Type the following website into the address window of Internet Explorer.
    The Evidence to Support Alfred Wegener

    What were the 4 pieces of evidence Alfred Wegener found to support his hypothesis about Pangea?

    a.

    b.

    c.

    d. __________________________________________________________

    Use the links provided below to help you answer the questions about the evidence Wegener found to support the
    Continental Drift Theory.
    http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geophys/platevid.html
    http://www.livescience.com/37529-continental-drift.html
    http://www.livescience.com/38218-facts-about-pangaea.html

    a. How do the continental coastlines support the Theory of Continental Drift


    (Pangaea Theory)?

    b. Explain how fossil distribution supports the Theory of Continental drift.

    1.) What was the name of the plant and two reptiles found to support this evidence?

    c. How do distinctive rock strata support the Theory of Continental Drift?

    1.) What was the name of the mountain formations found?

    d. How does coal distribution support the Theory of Continental Drift?


    Part B: Convection Currents

    1. What are convection currents in the earth’s crust?

    2. What are the layers of the Earth?

    3. In which of Earth’s layers do convection currents happen?

    4. When convection currents flow in the mantle, they also move the .

    Part C: Plate Tectonics

    Type this website into the address window of Internet Explorer:


    http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html

    Click on the “Historical Perspective” icon on this website.

    1. What is a “plate” in geological terms?

    2. What does the Theory of Plate Tectonics state?

    3. What is the name of the theory that led to the development of the Theory of Plate
    Tectonics?

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