1. Alfred Wegener
Born in 1880 in Berlin, Germany, his idea was continental drift, the idea that the continents drift very slowly, over millions of years, parallel to Earth’s surface. ADD one more sentence.
2. What kind of information or items did he use to support his theory? LOOK up his last name in the INDEX to find the pages the information is on.
YOU NEED TO WRITE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES!
•Fit of the Continents
•Fossil Evidence
•Rock Types and Mountain Ranges
•Ancient Climate Evidence
3. What was Pangaea?
•Pangaea was an ancient Supercontinent, a huge land mass made up of all the continents together. It began to break up 200 million years ago. SEE how nicely I write in complete sentences! ADD one more sentence.
4. What are the main mineral types of Continental Plates? (Granite)
REMEMBER ! Atoms make up Elements / Elements make up Minerals / Minerals make up Rocks
•Look up Granite in the INDEX - Look for the page that talks about Granite being made from low-density minerals.
•(Deeper in the Continental Plate the minerals that make up the Upper Mantle are magnesium and iron/heavier elements)
5. What are the main mineral types of Oceanic Plate? (Crust = Basalt) (Upper Mantle = magnesium and iron)
6. What causes the plates to move? LOOK up PLate in the INDEX, it will send you to another word for Plate. Go to the page for 'controlling movement'.
Convection/slab pull/ridge push = You need at least one sentence for each word.
6. What layer of Earth makes up these plates?
LOOK it up ! Use the words in the question to answer the question! Example: "The plates of the Earth are made from the _____________ layer".
6. What layer are the continents floating on?
LOOK it up ! (Page 189)
7. Why do you think our planet's continents look the way they do today?
