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Continental. Drift. Inside Earth 1.3 Pages 28-32 . Alfred Wegener. Proposed a super continent he called Pangaea (“All Earth”) Called his hypothesis Continental Drift Wrote the Origins of the Continents & Oceans 1915. Layers of Earth Menu. Continental Drift.

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  1. Continental Drift Inside Earth 1.3 Pages 28-32

  2. Alfred Wegener • Proposed a super continent he called Pangaea(“All Earth”) • Called his hypothesis Continental Drift • Wrote the Origins of the Continents & Oceans 1915. Layers of Earth Menu

  3. Continental Drift • All continents were once together and have slowly drifted, over time, to their current locations • Pieces of Evidence: • Climatic Evidence • Fit of the Continents • Fossil • Evidence • Landforms

  4. Fit of the Continents • The coast of S. America and Africa fit together like a puzzle • N. America and Africa • The Red Sea.

  5. World Map/ CD Evidence

  6. Landforms • Mountain features • South African Mt. ranges line up with a mountain range in Argentina • European coal fields line up with coal fields of North America.

  7. Fossils • Fossil: trace of an organism preserved in rock • Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus: reptiles that could not swim across a salty ocean • Found in places now separated by oceans which suggest that the continents were connected.

  8. Fossils • Glossopteris: a tropical fernlike plant • Found in cooler climates of today, suggest that the continents have since moved • Seeds were too large to be carried by wind.

  9. Climate Climate • Fossils of tropical plants were found on the island of Spitsbergen, which is in the Arctic Ocean • A harsh, polar climate covered with ice • 300 million years ago, the island had a warm and mild climate • Wegener believed it was closer to the equator.

  10. Climate • Glacial Evidence found as deep scratches in rocks on South Africa • The climate of S. Africa today is too mild • Suggests that S. Africa was closer to the S. Pole

  11. Climate • Wegener believed that the climates changed because the position of these places changed • The continent carries the fossil and rock evidence from where it formed and provide evidence for CD.

  12. Rejected? • Wegener could not provide a satisfactory explanation for the force that pushes or pulls the continents • Geologists rejected his idea until the 1960’s CD Rift Evidence

  13. What to Work On • Read textbook pages 28-32 • Answer Section Review questions 1-4 Due: Friday, September 28th

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