Theory of Continental Drift The seven continents used to be one giant continent named Pangea. They spread apart and became what the continents are today. The shapes of the continents line up‚ the fossils line up with how the continents‚ the rock formations on both sides of the Atlantic line up with the fossils and coastlines‚ and climatic evidence proves the Theory of Continental Drift. The first piece of evidence for Continental Drift is the shapes of the continents. All of the continents fit
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the Movement of Earth Continental drift is the idea that continents move freely over Earth’s surface‚ changing their positions relative to one another over time. This hypothesis has been around for more than 130 years. It’s amazing to know that once ago these continents on Earth were once joined together and have split and moved apart from one another. In 1596‚ Abraham Ortelius hypothesized that continents “drift”‚ but later a German meteorologist named‚ Alfred Wegener‚ fully developed the idea
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were connected with each other? Continental drift states that the continents that we know today were once one large landmass called‚ Pangea. Many people argue with the theory about the continental drift‚ because no one yet has proven to the theory’s idea. Many people have been trying to find ways of how the continental drift could have happen‚ by researching objects from the past. This gave scientist or people another point of view about the continental drift theory. In this writing it will give a
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Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin in 1880. His father was a minister who ran an orphanage‚ Alfred was even brilliant as a young child he took interest in the land textures and topography. He took special interest in Greenland‚ and always walked‚ skated‚ and hiked. This prepared him of what was to come in his future. He studied in Germany and Austria‚ receiving his PhD in astronomy. But no sooner than he got his PhD he dropped astronomy (in desire for a more interesting department) to study meteorology
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The initial theory of continental drift was put forward by a German meteorologist Alfred Wegener in 1915. This theory did not seem credible until it was connected with the plate tectonic theory in the mid 1960’s. The Tectonic plate theory had an advantage over previous predictions as it could be supported by observed occurrences. One such thing that supports these two theories is that seen from space the continents look as if they might once have been joined together. This possible idea was then
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Alfred Wegener(1880-1930) was the first man to propose the theory gplate tectonics.h He had got a Ph.D in astronomy from the University of Berlin‚ but he was also interested in the other science field such as geophysics‚ meteorology‚ and climatology. He also contributed to meteorology by establishing to track air circulation using balloon. In 1911‚ he read a paper that listed identical fossils of plants and animals found on opposite side of the Atlantic‚ and he looked for more of such organisms
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Have you ever wondered how you could compare continental drift‚ sea-floor spreading‚ and plate tectonics? Well there are actually plenty of ways to compare these three topics in earth science. You could compare these topics in similarities; continental drift and plate tectonics both start on the same basis of idea‚ that Earth’s lithosphere is made up of tectonic plates. You could also state some differences‚ such as continental drift occurs on all plate types‚ but sea-floor spreading only takes place
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Continental Drift‚ Plate Tectonics‚ The North American Plate The experts and scientists have theories on how the the world’s plates move and how earthquakes occur. These theories on how the world’s plate move is called continental drift and the theory on how earthquakes occur is called plate tectonics. They also have a lot of information on the North American Plate and in which direction it is moving and information like that. Now let me tell you more about each of these topics. Continental
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Continental drift is a theory stating that the Earth’s continents have been joined together and have moved away from each other at different times in the Earth’s history. The theory was first proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912. Whilst his general idea of continental movement eventually became widely accepted‚ his explanation for the mechanism of the movement has been supplanted by the theory of plant tectonics. However there was a problem in accepting this idea originally because Wegener had no convincing
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today. I have made a theory that I think will change the way the hole world looks at the land we live on in this present day. My theory is that all continents were once connected. This took place about 200 million years ago. I believe that all the continents were once together as a super continent that was called Pangaea. Today as you read this letter that I have sent to you I will explain the following things. I will tell you more about why I think the theory of continental drift really did happen
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