Continental Drift

Continental drift is the hypothesis that the

Earth's continents have moved over geologic
time relative to each other, thus appearing to
have "drifted" across the ocean bed.
Alfred Wegener first presented his hypothesis
to the German Geological Society on 6 January
1912. His hypothesis was that the continents had
once formed a single landmass, called
Pangaea, before breaking apart and drifting to
their present locations.
2.It is the solid mineral material forming part
of the surface of the earth and other similar
planets, exposed on the surface or underlying
the soil or oceans.
-Rocks -Igneous Rocks
-Metamorphic Rocks -Sedimentary Rocks
Evidence for Continental
Drift
1.The coastlines of some continents
fit together like pieces of a jigsaw
puzzle.
2.It is the solid mineral material forming part
of the surface of the earth and other similar
planets, exposed on the surface or underlying
the soil or oceans.
-Rocks -Igneous Rocks
-Metamorphic Rocks -Sedimentary Rocks
2. Fossils of remarkably similar plants and
animals have been discovered on opposite
sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
2.It is the solid mineral material forming part
of the surface of the earth and other similar
planets, exposed on the surface or underlying
the soil or oceans.
-Rocks -Igneous Rocks
-Metamorphic Rocks -Sedimentary Rocks
3. Same Sequence of rock records occur in
different continents.
2.It is the solid mineral material forming part
of the surface of the earth and other similar
planets, exposed on the surface or underlying
the soil or oceans.
-Rocks -Igneous Rocks
-Metamorphic Rocks -Sedimentary Rocks
4. Similar glaciation marks different
continents ,some now are warm, fossil
indicate that tropical climate some where
now cold.
2.It is the solid mineral material forming part
of the surface of the earth and other similar
planets, exposed on the surface or underlying
the soil or oceans.
-Rocks -Igneous Rocks
-Metamorphic Rocks -Sedimentary Rocks
Plate Tectonics
Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that
Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large
tectonic plates which have been slowly moving
since about 3.4 billion years ago.
The location where two plates meet is called a
plate boundary. Plate boundaries are where
geological events occur, such as earthquakes and
the creation of topographic features such as
mountains, volcanoes, mid-ocean ridges, and
oceanic trenches.
Type of Plate
Boundary
1. Divergent boundaries (constructive
boundaries or extensional boundaries). These are
where two plates slide apart from each other.
Divergent Boundaries
2. Convergent boundaries (destructive
boundaries or active margins) occur where two
plates slide toward each other to form either a
subduction zone (one plate moving underneath
the other) or a continental collision.
Convergent Boundaries
3. Transform boundaries (conservative
boundaries or strike-slip boundaries) occur where
plates are neither created nor destroyed. Instead
two plates slide, or perhaps more accurately
grind past each other.
Transform Boundaries
QUIZ # 4
1-4. Give at least 4 Continents in the world.
5-7. Give the 3 types of Plate Boundary.
8-11. Give the 4 Evidence of Continental
Drift.
12. Who Creates the Continental Drift?
13. The continents had once formed a single
landmass, called___________.
14. The location where two plates meet.
15. The hypothesis that the Earth's continents
have moved over or "drifted" geologic time
relative to each other.