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Warm-Up 10-8-14. Who is responsible for the continental drift theory? The supercontinent is called? The mass of the box is 32 gram. What is the density of the box? 4. List the 4 evidences Wegener used to support his theory. 2 cm. 2 cm. 4 cm. Agenda
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Warm-Up 10-8-14 Who is responsible for the continental drift theory? The supercontinent is called? The mass of the box is 32 gram. What is the density of the box? 4. List the 4 evidences Wegener used to support his theory 2 cm 2 cm 4 cm Agenda Turn in lab continental drift Notes Chapter 10-2 Chapter 10 vocab Homework Finish vocabulary
Chapter 10-2Wegener’s Missing Mechanism • Mid-ocean ridges – undersea mountain ranges. Formed when magma rises from mantle to the crust
Wegener’s Missing Mechanism • Sea-Floor Spreading – occurs along mid-ocean ridge, new ocean floor forms and pushes the continents away from each other
Some rocks acquire magnetic properties when they cool and solidify Provided evidence for sea floor spreading Paleomagnetism
Paleomagnetism One side of the sea-floor becomes a mirror image of the other side.
Paleomagnetism • As sea floor spread the magnetic field alternate between each strip of land • + is normal and – is reversed magnetic field
Paleomagnetism • Earth’s magnetic field may have been reversed many times due to the reversal in the ocean floor
Assignments • Notes Summary • Chapter 10 vocabulary