1. 12.1 Evidence for Continental Drift
Early maps of the world caused ___________________ to propose
the ______________________________________.
The continents looked as though they might fit together like ____________________________.
The __________________________________actually fit together even better.
The original supercontinent was named ___________________by Wegener.
Wegener also realized that other evidence also supported his theory.
There were matching _________________and rocks on different continents.
There were matching __________, like Mesosaurus, on different continents.
There was evidence of different __________, (eg. Such as glaciers) on warm continents.
Like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, the continents
fit together into one, large whole.
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2. How Can Continents Move?
Wegener’s evidence for continental drift did not explain
how _______________________could change __________________.
New scientific equipment allowed scientists to measure the ____________________________ drift of Earth’s tectonic plates.
It was noted that ____________________ and ___________________ appear in certain patterns along the edges of tectonic plates.
Mapping of the ocean floor revealed the _______________________________, a long mountain range running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
Rocks taken from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were __________________ than other ocean rocks.
Sediments along the ridge became ____________ farther away from the ridge.
__________________ shows that
iron-based rocks along the
ridges are striped with
reversing ________________.
Volcanoes are frequently found on boundaries between tectonic
plates.
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3. Sea Floor Spreading: An Explanation
_______________ suggested that magma rose to form new rock at certain places.
Magma (______________________) rises and falls like warm and cold liquids.
The convection currents of magma formed a spreading ridge where they broke through Earth’s crust.
Like a “__________________” conveyer belt
Magnetic striping of basalt rock shows long stripes of new rock moving away from ocean ridges and also reveals the direction of Earth’s _________________________________at that time.
_____________________ then unified the ideas of Wegener and Hess into the _____________________________________.
Continental drift occurs because of areas like these ridges that push along ___________________________________ floating on Earth’s surface.
______________________________are anywhere magma rises to Earth’s surface.
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