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Wegeners’s Claim Wegener thought the edges of the continents looked as though they could fit together like the pieces of a puzzle. Wegener hypothesized (claim) that they actually had all fit together at one time to form a single continent that later broke apart. He called the continent Pangaea because the word means “all land”.
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Evidence for Continental Drift
Climate clues Fossil clues Rock clues
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Answer: Evidence for the theory include: 1) identical fossils and rock types found on different continents, 2) the spreading of the ocean floor, and 3) the shapes of the continental coastlines that fit together.
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What are tectonic plates, and how do they move
*What are tectonic plates, and how do they move? *How do tectonic plate movements cause various processes? *How do the three primary types of plate boundaries produce different landforms? *How are the rock cycle and plate tectonics related?
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IN-How do tectonic plate movements cause various natural processes?
Feb 23rd IN-How do tectonic plate movements cause various natural processes? OUT- How do the three primary types of plate boundaries produce different landforms?
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IN- What is illustrated by the rock cycle?
Feb 26th OUT- Explain one way that the rock cycle can illustrate the principle of conservation of matter.
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Feb 27th IN- What will happen if a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate? OUT- What will happen if a continental plate collides with a continental plate?
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What scientific evidence supports the theory of plate tectonics?
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FEB 28th IN- What kind of boundary forms the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? OUT- Which plate is covering most of two continents? What two continents?
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IN- Based on what you looked at yesterday, are tectonic plate boundaries located near the edges or in the center of continents? OUT- What natural processes occur because of plate tectonic movements? MARCH 1ST
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IN- Why is magma forced toward Earth’s surface?
March 2nd OUT- Explain why volcanoes are commonly found at the edges of Earth’s moving plates.
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