Unit 1: Physical Systems

PANGEA & Continental Drift

National Geographic Society Article - CONTINENTAL DRIFT

K/U Questions

1. Describe the Theory of Continental Drift.

2. Who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift?
3. What was PANGEA? When did it exist?
4. What three pieces of evidence supports the theory that all of the continents were once
joined together?
5. Why was the Theory of Continental Drift not accepted in the end?
6. What was the true ‘mechanism’ behind the Theory of Continental Drift? Provide
examples of this process.