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The Longest Rivers And Mountain Ranges North America Mississippi River Twisty windy mississippi river Mississippi river basin Mississippi river at st Louis North america rocky mountains. According . to Alfred Wegener, the super-continent of Pangea began to break up 200 million years ago with the continents attaining the size, shape, and location where we see them today. This movement of continents has not yet come to an end. According to J. Tuzo Wilson, the breakup and drifting of the present continents . In 1812, Alfred Wegener presented his scientific theory called “Continental Drift”. It was based on his belief that the continents had drifted apart from one another.. Pangaea. Wegener ‘s hypothesis was that all the continents had once been joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart.. 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. IMPLORE. I. M. P. L. O. R. E. ust. redict. ocate. rganize. ead. /reread. xplore. PREDICT. Before reading the passage. Underline the title. Highlight any information in the title that I know. If the title has words you are familiar with highlight those words in the title, and each time they appear in the passage. and . Seafloor Spreading . Notes. Part 1. Alfred Wegener. and the. Continental Drift. hypothesis. Up until the early 1900s, long-held tradition in the earth sciences stated that continents have remained in fixed positions throughout geologic time. 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. Structural Geology. Lecture . 7. The anatomy of continents. Autumn. , . 2015. The Wilson Cycle. The Wilson Cycle. The Wilson Cycle. The Wilson Cycle. The Wilson Cycle. The Wilson Cycle. The Wilson Cycle. Video on Earth 1 million years from now. Theory of Continental Drift. Alfred Wegener . wrote . about his hypothesis of . continental . drift . in the 1900s. .. Continental drift.  is the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations. . Do Now. Why is it important to learn about the continents . and oceans?. Directions. Answer the questions on the back. Question 1 can be found on page H3 and question 3 can be found on page H10. . Questions 2 and 4 can be found on Atlas page 129.. 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. . sacrifice. . to. . explore. the . unknown?. Ob-. sta. -. cle. Antarctica is the windiest, coldest, most forbidding region on Earth, and I am heading straight for it.. Antarctica is the windiest, coldest, most . 1. What is Wegener’s hypothesis?. That all of the continents were once joined together is a single landmass and have since drifted apart.. 2. Wegener’s idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth’s surface became known as….. “What are tectonic plates?. Classifying the Layers. There are two ways to classify the layers of the Earth:. Compositional. (Chemical): classifies based on chemical properties (. ie. : elements). Physical.