DRIFTING
CONTINENTS!!
Chapter 4.1
Remember when taking notes…
Pay attention!
If it is RED then it goes IN your notes.
If it is BLACK then pay attention, it may
be discussion or a task to do.
Keep an out for Hootie!!
◦ If you see him RAISE YOUR HAND!!
◦ You will receive 5 ROCKS cards
and 60 XP
◦ IF you are correct
◦ HINT: He won’t be this big :)
I know were doing notes but,
The big questions???
Wegener’s Idea THIS IS YOUR HEADER
◦He theorized that there was a
supercontinent
called PANGAEA.
Wegener’s Idea THIS IS YOUR HEADER
◦The continents are slowly moving over
the Earth’s surface he called this
CONTINENTAL DRIFT!!
Wegner used 3 evidences to prove.
1. LAND FEATURES
1. He saw that AFRICA and S. AMERICA mountain
ranges matched up
Wegner used 3 evidences to prove.
2. Fossils
•
Glossopertis-PLANT fossil that was found
•Found in Anartica, Australia, South America and India
•Messosaurus and Lystrosaurus were ancient
REPTILE fossils that lived on the single landmass
that now is split apart.
Glossopteris
Messosaurus
Wegner used 3 evidences to prove.
3. Climate
◦MOVE to EQUATOR- HOTTER!!!!
◦MOVE to POLES- COLDER!!!
Climate
HOMEWORK!!!
◦Drifting Continents Worksheet…
◦Study for your quiz