Answer Sheet for Learning Task 10 (Science) Teacher: Mr.

JAParentela
(Construction Paper for Pangaea Map)
Name: Karyle Yasmine Vera S. Maligalig
Grade and Section: 10 - STE NEWTON
Learning Task 10
The Continental Drift Theory – Piecing It All Together

You will be piecing together a puzzle of the supercontinent Pangaea based on fossil
and rock evidence on the present-day continents.
Objective: Reconstruct and describe Pangaea

Materials:
Pangaea Map Coloring materials
Pair of scissors Glue or paste
Procedures:
1. On the puzzle pieces handout, assign a color to each type of fossil found in the
map and color it.
2. Use scissors to cut along the borders of the continents. These are the
approximate shape of the continents after Pangaea broke up. Warning: Be
careful in using the scissors.
3. Place the continents on a piece of construction paper (other piece of bond
paper) and move them around using the fossil and mountain chain evidence to
match continents together in the position they were in when they were part of
Pangaea. The pieces may not fit together exactly!
4. When you have assembled Pangaea based on the fossil and rock locations, glue
the continents onto your construction paper in the shape of the supercontinent
Observation:

Wegener believed that the continents may have all been one unit
because of the idea of continental drift, in which pangaea broke up long
ago and that the continents then moved to their current positions. In
addition, Wegener had evidences to support the hypothesis such as the
fit of the continents, paleoclimate indicators, truncated geologic
features, and fossils.

The idea of continental drift explained how continents move around on

the surface of the Earth. Continental drift explains why comparable
animal and plant fossils, as well as similar geological formations, can be
discovered on various continents.

There are several useful clues and evidences in reconstructing the

Pangaea, which are the perfect fitting of continents, fossil plants and
animals, evidence from rocks, evidence from ancient climates, and
evidence from coal deposits.

The Glossopteris occurs on most landmasses. This implies that the

continents were once joined together to form supercontinents.
CONCLUSION:

In conclusion, Alfred Wegener proposed a hypothesis that the

continents were a large landmass, called Pangaea. Wegener believed that
this is possible because of the continental drift theory, in which it
explained how continents move around on the surface of the Earth.
Continental drift explains why comparable animal and plant fossils, as
well as similar geological formations, can be discovered on various
continents. Moreover, there are several useful clues and evidences in
reconstructing the Pangaea, which are the perfect fitting of continents,
fossil plants and animals, evidence from rocks, evidence from ancient
climates, and evidence from coal deposits. Most geologists had dismissed
Alfred Wegener’s theory by 1930, and it faded into obscurity over the next
few decades. However, geologists accepted Wegener's continental drift
hypothesis and his idea of Pangaea in the 1960s, when the theory of plate
tectonics was recognized as true.