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