Review the evidence in support of the theory of continental drift (40 Marks) Plan Intro: Define the terms in the question Tell the examiner what you are going to do in the essay Brief summary of key ideas Middle: Continental Break up/fit Mountain ridges – Geological Fossil records – biological Fossil forests – biological Living species – biological climate Conclusion: brief summary of key ideas & evidence go back to answer question whether some evidence is stronger link continental drift to plate tectonics
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“What evidence is there to support Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift?" Alfred Wegener‚ born November 1st 1880‚ was a German scientist who took a great interest in meteorology and paleoclimatology and in 1905 graduated from the University of Berlin with a Ph.D. in Astronomy. His most notable work was the theory of continental drift. However his theory was highly controversial at the time as he had little evidence‚ but as technology enhanced neumerous discoveries were made which helped
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Did you know that one day in the past the continents were connected with each other? Continental drift states that the continents that we know today were once one large landmass called‚ Pangea. Many people argue with the theory about the continental drift‚ because no one yet has proven to the theory’s idea. Many people have been trying to find ways of how the continental drift could have happen‚ by researching objects from the past. This gave scientist or people another point of view about the continental
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Alfred Wegener first proposed the theory of “continental drift” in 1915 after finding evidence on continents that had drifted apart‚ matched very closely when the continents were brought together. Wegener also stated that the fossils found in a particular place often indicated of a possibility that the climate from the region is totally different from today. All of his facts supported the theory of continental drift. Wegener first suggested that the continents fit together like a jigsaw puzzle
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The initial theory of continental drift was put forward by a German meteorologist Alfred Wegener in 1915. This theory did not seem credible until it was connected with the plate tectonic theory in the mid 1960’s. The Tectonic plate theory had an advantage over previous predictions as it could be supported by observed occurrences. One such thing that supports these two theories is that seen from space the continents look as if they might once have been joined together. This possible idea was then
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SCI101-1402B-07 Continental Drift Abstract The Earth is formed by plate tectonics continuously shifting causing a continental drift. This theory is more accepted than when it was originally published due to better technology providing better research and evidence. This paper discusses a little on both the plate tectonics and the continental drift as well as how the scientific method helped understand this process better. key words: Continental Drift‚ Scientific Theory‚ Plate tectonics
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Tectonics and Continental Drift Past and Present Locations Abstract When we look at our earth’s surface now it has seven continents‚ and five of them are divided by the oceans that surround them. In 1912 Alfred Wegner (1880-1930)‚ came up with a theory called the continental drift; stating that over three hundred years ago all seven continents were once one super continent called Pangaea. Wegner tried to convince other scientists and geologist for many years that the continents drifted
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Understanding the Movement of Earth Continental drift is the idea that continents move freely over Earth’s surface‚ changing their positions relative to one another over time. This hypothesis has been around for more than 130 years. It’s amazing to know that once ago these continents on Earth were once joined together and have split and moved apart from one another. In 1596‚ Abraham Ortelius hypothesized that continents “drift”‚ but later a German meteorologist named‚ Alfred Wegener‚ fully developed
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Continental Drift Were the continents of this planet always situated the way they are today? Could there have been one supercontinent that over time broke off into the continents we know now? Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines Pangaea as a hypothetical land area believed to have once connected the landmasses of the southern hemisphere with those of the northern hemisphere (Definition of Pangaea). This theory‚ discovered by Alfred Wegener‚ was known as the drift theory. Wegener used the fit of the
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Continental drift is the movement of the Earth ’s continents relative to each other. The hypothesis that continents ’drift ’ was first put forward by Abraham Ortelius in 1596 and was fully developed by Alfred Wegener in 1912. However‚ it was not until the development of the theory of plate tectonics in the 1960s‚ that a sufficientgeological explanation of that movement was found. |Contents | | [hide] | |1 History
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