2. www.historyforkids.org visibleearth.nasa.gov

3.  A hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface  Proposed by Alfred Wegener

4. The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today’s continents Pangea Interactive Map www.enchantedlearning.com/

5. Evidence Interactive Map

6. Observing: Which coastlines seem to match up like jig-saw puzzle? The continents of Africa and South America match up like jigsaw-puzzle pieces!! http://science.pppst.com/platetectonics.html

7. Same plant and animal fossils found on the coastlines of different continents. What might the presence of marsupials in Australia and North America suggest? Marsupials migrated and then evolved differently when continents separated. http://science.pppst.com/platetectonics.htm l

8.  Tropical plant remains (coal deposits) found in Antarctica  Same rock patterns (from coal deposits) found in South America, India, Africa, Antarctica and Australia

9. Where plates collide, forming mountains. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFxYSHxTf0

10.  Where plates move apart, forming volcanoes and ocean rifts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q4Yqctq6nE

11.  Where plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxPTLmg0ZCw

12.  Hot magma in the Earth moves toward the surface, cools, then sinks again.  Creates convection currents beneath the plates that cause the plates to move. What is a common novelty item that uses convection? Lava Lamps! http://science.pppst.com/platetectonics.html

13. 90% of world’s earthquakes 75% of world’s volcanoes http://science.pppst.com/platetectonics.html

14.  In groups of 3, take a few minutes to discuss the following…. ◦ Use your knowledge of plate tectonics to describe the cause of the Earthquake that happened in Japan. ◦ Make predictions about other events we could expect to see in the future in this area.