Continental Drift Web Activity

Introduction:

The Earth’s Continents are Africa, North America, South America, Australia, Europe, Asia, and Antarctica. Could these large land masses have ever moved?

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Task #1:

Watch the re-enactment of Plate Tectonics in action. Click on the animation link.

Animation of Plate Tectonics:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/anim1.html

Task #2:

What is Pangaea? Click on the following link:

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/plate_tectonics/part2.html

Question #1: Who proposed the continental drift theory?

Question #2: Name three things that the German meteorologist used to prove his theory?

Task #3:

Read the Evidence for Continental Drift:

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/evidence.html

Question #3: Why did few people believe the Continental Drift theory?

Question #4: What does it mean in the article when it says the plants and animals match?

Question #5: What does the term “plate” refer to?

Task #4:

Complete the Naming the Plates Activity: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/activities/p_number7.html

Complete the Naming the Plates Activity using this website:

http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eastern/plates.html

Finished with work early? How about a plate tectonics word search:

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/activities/p_number8.html

Finished with work early and finished with the word find? How about the Pangaea Game: http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/Pangaea_game.html