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    Earth Science 2Q WEEK - 3

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    This document discusses the Continental Drift Hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener. It identifies three objectives: describing Earth's endogenous and exogenous processes, and the Continental Drift Hypothesis. Alfred Wegener proposed that the supercontinent Pangaea broke apart about 200 million years ago. Evidence includes: the matching coastlines of South America and Africa; matching fossil sites across separated continents; matching rock types and structures between mountain belts in North America and Europe; and paleoclimatic data showing glacial deposits in the Southern Hemisphere indicating a single landmass in the past.

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    This document discusses the Continental Drift Hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener. It identifies three objectives: describing Earth's endogenous and exogenous processes, and the Continental Drift Hypothesis. Alfred Wegener proposed that the supercontinent Pangaea broke apart about 200 million years ago. Evidence includes: the matching coastlines of South America and Africa; matching fossil sites across separated continents; matching rock types and structures between mountain belts in North America and Europe; and paleoclimatic data showing glacial deposits in the Southern Hemisphere indicating a single landmass in the past.

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    This document discusses the Continental Drift Hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener. It identifies three objectives: describing Earth's endogenous and exogenous processes, and the Continental Drift Hypothesis. Alfred Wegener proposed that the supercontinent Pangaea broke apart about 200 million years ago. Evidence includes: the matching coastlines of South America and Africa; matching fossil sites across separated continents; matching rock types and structures between mountain belts in North America and Europe; and paleoclimatic data showing glacial deposits in the Southern Hemisphere indicating a single landmass in the past.

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    Earth Science 2Q WEEK - 3

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    Adriel Maglaqui
    This document discusses the Continental Drift Hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener. It identifies three objectives: describing Earth's endogenous and exogenous processes, and the Continental Drift Hypothesis. Alfred Wegener proposed that the supercontinent Pangaea broke apart about 200 million years ago. Evidence includes: the matching coastlines of South America and Africa; matching fossil sites across separated continents; matching rock types and structures between mountain belts in North America and Europe; and paleoclimatic data showing glacial deposits in the Southern Hemisphere indicating a single landmass in the past.

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    Earth

    Science
    Prepared by
    Ms. Rose Ann G. Gumban
    CONTINENTAL
    DRIFT
    HYPOTHESIS
    Prepared by
    Ms. Rose Ann G. Gumban
    Lesson’s Objectives
    Identify processes that occur on the surface of the
    Earth such as weathering, erosion, mass wasting, and
    sedimentation

    Differentiate endogenic and exogenic processes that


    continuously shape the Earth

    Describe the Plate Tectonic theory and Continental


    Drift Hypothesis that supports the endogenous and
    exogenous processes of the Earth.
    Lesson’s Objectives
    Identify processes that occur on the surface of the
    Earth such as weathering, erosion, mass wasting, and
    sedimentation

    Differentiate endogenic and exogenic processes that


    continuously shape the Earth

    Describe the Plate Tectonic theory and Continental


    Drift Hypothesis that supports the endogenous and
    exogenous processes of the Earth.
    Lesson’s Objectives
    Identify processes that occur on the surface of the
    Earth such as weathering, erosion, mass wasting, and
    sedimentation

    Differentiate endogenic and exogenic processes that


    continuously shape the Earth

    Describe the Plate Tectonic theory and Continental


    Drift Hypothesis that supports the endogenous and
    exogenous processes of the Earth.
    Alfred Wegener
    • Set forth his continental drift
    hypothesis.
    • He proposed that there is a
    supercontinent called Pangaea that
    began breaking apart into smaller
    continents about 200 million years
    ago.
    • Wegener and others collected
    substantial evidence to support
    these claims.
    Continental Drift Hypothesis
    Evidence of Continental Drift Hypothesis

    The Continental Jigsaw Puzzle

    Wegener first suspected that the continents might


    have been joined when he noticed a remarkable
    similarity between coastlines on opposite sides of the
    South Atlantic. The fit of South America and Africa is
    a classic example of this evidence.
    Evidence of Continental Drift Hypothesis
    Evidence of Continental Drift Hypothesis

    Fossils that Match Across the Seas

    Wegener cites an article about the fossil that can be


    evidence for the existence of a land bridge
    connecting South America and Africa. There is also
    an existence of identical fossils on widely separated
    landmasses called Mesosaurus.
    Evidence of Continental Drift Hypothesis

    Fossils that Match Across the Seas

    Glossopteris
    Mesosaurus
    Cynognathus Lystrosaurus
    Evidence of Continental Drift Hypothesis
    Evidence of Continental Drift Hypothesis

    Rock Types and Structures Match

    Such evidence exists of continuous rock types and


    mountain belts are evident by Appalachian mountains
    northeastward of North America and Caledonian
    mountains in British Isle and Scandinavia. The rocks
    were comparably the same structure and age.
    Evidence of Continental Drift Hypothesis
    Evidence of Continental Drift Hypothesis
    Evidence of Continental Drift Hypothesis

    Ancient Climates
    Alfred Wegener was a meteorologist and he observed
    the paleoclimatic (ancient climate) data in support of
    continental drift. Glacial deposits indicate that near
    the end of the Paleozoic era (between 200 and 300
    million years ago), ice sheets covered extensive areas
    of the Southern Hemisphere.
    Evidence of Continental Drift Hypothesis

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