Continental Drift‚ why True? Continental drift is the process of large mass of land and rocks unceasingly moving for a long period of time‚ which can be explained by what is called "Plate Tectonics". Due to the fact that continental drift is a theory‚ there is evidence and other sets of statements to back it up. According to Wegener‚ a geologist stated that segments of the Earth has made continental drift true (possible) whilst other pieces of information supported that continental drift has happened
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proposal of continental drift that simply stated that there was once a supercontinent called Pangaea. He believed that 200 million years ago the continent began breaking into smaller continents which began the layout of where they lie now. Many people and geologists rejected Wegener?s idea especially the North American geologists due to most of his evidence to back his proposal up had been gathered from Southern continents. Evidence that Wegener had listed to support his theory of continental drift were
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The Australian land and its flora and fauna are very unique compared to other continents. There are three main reasons for this‚ biological isolation‚ geological stability and the erratic climate. Firstly biological isolation has meant that over the last 40 million years Australia has been separated from all other continents‚ this was the cause from the separation from Gondwanaland around 55 million years ago. This means the Australian flora and fauna has been able to evolve in isolation
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Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis on the continental drift is true because of his evidence he used to prove it. Wegener’s three evidences on the continental drift are land features‚ fossils‚ and climate changes. Wegeners tries to prove how once all of the landmasses were once together forming a huge continent called Pangaea. Then‚ all of the continents floated away forming there own continents. This was called the continental drift when all of them floated away. Wegeners evidence is very believable in
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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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Have you ever wondered how you could compare continental drift‚ sea-floor spreading‚ and plate tectonics? Well there are actually plenty of ways to compare these three topics in earth science. You could compare these topics in similarities; continental drift and plate tectonics both start on the same basis of idea‚ that Earth’s lithosphere is made up of tectonic plates. You could also state some differences‚ such as continental drift occurs on all plate types‚ but sea-floor spreading only takes place
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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 drift theory. In this writing it will give
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CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY In the early 20th century‚ German scientist Alfred Wegener published a book explaining his theory that the continental landmasses‚ far from being immovable‚ were drifting across the Earth. He called this movement continental drift. Wegener noticed that the coasts of western Africa and eastern South America looked like the edges of interlocking pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. He was not the first to notice this‚ but he was the first to formally present evidence suggesting
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Heather Hauser Shorter University EASC 2060 The Natural World Submitted by Lillie Momon December 6‚ 2011 Running head: Wegener and the Theory of Continental Drift Alfred Wegener (1880-1930) was a German scientist in the fields of meteorology‚ astronomy‚ and geology. He was one of the first scientists to theorize about the continental drift or continents in motion‚ which supports the belief that the Earth’s continents once were a single land mass. Wegener called this land mass‚ "Pangaea"
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portrayed in western movies. Specifically Tokyo drift‚ which takes place in japan. The Japanese are portrayed in a few different ways. The way they dress and speak‚ treat outsiders‚ and how the power is held are clearly shown throughout the movie. The actions and dialect of the characters show pretty close to what actual japan is like. The typical Japan scene of a perfect uniform crowd is what you would expect from a movie about Japan‚ but Tokyo drift is far from that. Showing the uglier side of japan
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