Plate Tectonics CONTINENTAL DRIFT Skim through section 1 of your book. Write three questions that come to mind from reading the headings and examining.

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Plate Tectonics CONTINENTAL DRIFT Skim through section 1 of your book. Write three questions that come to mind from reading the headings and examining the illustrations.

Plate Tectonics CONTINENTAL DRIFT DEFINE : CONTINENTAL DRIFT PANGAEA I FOUND THIS INFORMATION ON PAGE ___________.

PLATE TECTONICS CONTINENTAL DRIFT EVIDENCE FOR CONTINENTAL DRIFT SUMMARIZE ALFRED WEGENER’S HYPOTHESIS ABOUT EARTH’S CONTINENTS. SUMMARIZE ALFRED WEGENER’S HYPOTHESIS ABOUT EARTH’S CONTINENTS. I FOUND THIS INFORMATION ON PAGE I FOUND THIS INFORMATION ON PAGE_______________________.

PLATE TECTONICS CONTINENTAL DRIFT CREATE A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO IDENTIFY THE THREE TYPES OF CLUES THAT ARE EVIDENCE FOR CONTINENTAL DRIFT. * I FOUND THIS INFORMATION ON PAGE ______________. EVIDENCE FOR CONTINENTAL DRIFT

PLATE TECTONICS CONTINENTAL DRIFT ANALYZE THE CLUE IN THE LEFT COLUMN BELOW. THEN DESCRIBE HOW ALFRED WEGENER WOULD HAVE EXPLAINED IT IN THE RIGHT COLUMN. * I FOUND THIS INFORMATION ON PAGE_______________________. CLUEWEGNER’SRESPONSE FOSSILS OF MESOSAURUS FOUND IN SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA FOSSIL PLANT FOUND IN FIVE CONTINENTS INCLUDING ANTARTICA GLACIAL DEPOSITS FOUND IN AFRICA, INDIA, AND AUSTRALIA

PLATE TECTONICS CONTINENTAL DRIFT DRAW, COLOR AND LABEL A MODEL OF WHAT THE CONTINENTS MAY HAVE LOOKED LIKE 250 MILLION YEARS AGO. * I FOUND THIS INFORMATION ON PAGE________________.

PLATE TECTONICS CONTINENTAL DRIFT SUMMARIZE WEGENER’S EXPLANATIONS OF HOW AND WHY CONTINENTAL DRIFT OCCURS. WEGENER’S EXPLANATION FOR CONTINENTAL DRIFT HOW_____________________________WHY______________________________ * I FOUND THIS INFORMATION ON PAGE_______________________.

PLATE TECTONICS CONTINENTAL DRIFT EVALUATE IT DO YOU THINK IT WAS REASONABLE FOR SCIENTISTS INITIALLY TO REJECT THE HYPOTHESIS OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT? EXPLAIN YOUR RESPONSE.