Dynamic Earth- the Story of Plate Tectonics
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Updated on: 08/05/2017 07:43 AM Due on: 08/05/2017
- Go the This Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate Tectonics website. Begin reading from the Preface all the way through to the Endnotes.
- Go to the Geology: Plate Tectonics website. Read the two pages: The History Behind Plate Tectonics and The Mechanisms Driving Plate Tectonics. Watch the animated images.
- Answer each of the following questions with a three-sentence response:Describe the theory of continental drift, include who proposed the theory and when.
- What scientific evidence was used to support the theory of continental drift? Identify and explain at least two types of evidence.
- Described the problems with the theory of continental drift?
- What proposed explanations overcame the problem of how the continents moved?
- How does the presence of ocean ridges and trenches support the theory that the continentals move?
- How does sea floor spreading support the theory that continentals move?
- How was sea floor spreading tested as a hypothesis?
- How does the fossil record support the theory of plate tectonics?
- How does the distribution and pattern of earthquakes support the theory?
- explain original, basic summary of the theory of plate tectonics.
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Solution: Dynamic Earth- the Story of Plate Tectonics