PPT-Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas

The Road To Plate Tectonics Alfred Wegener and the Continental Drift hypothesis Up until the early 1900s longheld tradition in the earth sciences stated that continents have remained in fixed. 1. Continents and Ocean. A continent is one of the seven large landmasses on earth. . . 2. Continents and Oceans. The seven continents are:. Africa . Australia. Antarctica . Asia. North America. South America. Write On . Grade. . 3. Learner Expectation. Content Standard:. 3.0 . Geography enables the students to see, understand and appreciate the web of relationships between people, places, and environments. Students will use the knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts within the six essential elements of geography: world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, and the uses of geography.. subcontinents, . regions & . Countries. WHII.1. Continents & Subcontinents. Continents. One of the large, continuous land masses of the earth. North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica. Drifting was first found in the mountains of Japan.. Around the year of 1996 one of the first drift events out of Japan took place in California.. Japanese cars were most commonly used for drifting.. How 2 continents fell in love…and created a big, beautiful world. . By: Carla Vigil. SS-EP-4.1.2. Students will use geographic tools to identify major landforms (e.g., continents, mountain ranges), bodies of water (e.g., oceans, major rivers) and natural resources on Earth’s surface and use relative location. What do you think?. Recall. :. Theory of Plate Tectonics…. Plate Tectonics . refers to the movements of plates (large segments of continents and ocean) around the Earth’s surface.. These land masses are seen as a giant . . From space our planet Earth is blue. Most of what can be seen is water. . It is estimated that 71% of the Earth is covered by the sea. . People often call the Earth. ‘The Blue Planet’. Image courtesy of . Post-activity answers.. Magma erupting; seafloor spreading. 1. What is happening at Slit B? What feature occurs at the corresponding location on the seafloor/. Subduction. Trenches.. 2. What is happening at slits A and C? What features occur at corresponding locations on the seafloor?. U. Rashid Sumaila. Fisheries Economics Research Unit, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, . Canada. (r.sumaila@fisheries.ubc.ca). Talk is based on Sumaila et al. (in press) to be published on Feb 13 by . Evidence for Plate Tectonics. Changes in Sea Floor Magnetism. Evidence for Plate Tectonics. Continents fit together like a puzzle. Changes in Sea Floor Magnetism. Evidence for Plate Tectonics. Fossils of plants and animals of the same species found on different continents. . Subduction. Fun Fact: The tallest mountain in the world is…. Not Mt. Everest (29,028 ft). It’s Mauna Kea in Hawaii! (31,000 ft) . It doesn’t get as much attention because 2/3 of it is underwater. NRGi's. fibre activities . Today, SEAS-NVE, Denmark's largest cooperatively owned energy and fibre company, and . NRGi. , one of Denmark’s largest energy companies, have announced that the two companies have entered into an agreement to merge their fibre activities. There are five main oceans in the world: The Arctic, The Atlantic, The Pacific, The Indian, and the Southern.. The northern most Ocean is the Arctic Ocean while the furthest ocean south is the Southern Ocean.. What is drifting?. Some example videos:. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3MAmVpAbEo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v. =T95p7aGg6l4. https. ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaFiAt7aPBM. . Disclaimer. It is actually illegal to drift on the streets!.