EVIDENCE OF SEAFLOOR

SPREADING
THIS IS..
PANGEA

- Pangea is a large landmass

also known as “All Earth”.
- Formed 270 million years
ago.
- Broke apart about 200
million years ago.
The Timing After
Pangea Lead To…
SEAFLOOR

SPREADING

-seafloor spreading is
tectonic plates slowly
move away from each
other. Occurs along mid-
ocean ridges.
- Evidence of seafloor
spreading is..
 ANIMALS

- Living animals
separated lands are
similar in India and
Madagascar
- Examples are elephant
bird and ostrich.
 FOSSILS
-Fossils on the east side
brazil match with fossils in
western south Africa.
Fossilized life in rock
recorded didn’t fit in the
climate they were found in
ex. (Alaska , palm tree
leaves )
 IT IS A PUZZLE!

- Africa and south

America can fit
together like a puzzle
piece.
- Same as India and
Madagascar
• The time that it takes the echo indicates the distance to the
object.

• The scientists found out that the ocean floor was not flat.

• This discovery peaked their curiosity to discover what the ridge

was and how it got there.
MAGNETIC STRIPES

Magnetic stripes provide

evidence of sea floor
spreading
-striped magnetic patterns
developed , Because oceanic
crust pulls apart , magma
rises to the surface at mid-
ocean ridges.
 MORE SEAFLOOR INFORMATION!
• Seafloor spreading formed 270 million years ago
• Broke apart about 200 million years ago
• Sea floor spreading is one of the two major processes of the plate tectonics.
• Volcanoes and other features that grow or fall into sea floor spreading to
move and sink with the sea floor spreading over time .
• the sea floor spreading on each side of a mid -ocean ridge move in
different directions each side belongs to a different lithosphere plate