Continental Drift Exit Ticket

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What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?

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Pangaea

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What does the theory of continental drift state?

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The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time.

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Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

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Alfred Wegener

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What are the remains of organisms noticed by Wegener that are found the same in two continents?

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Plants and animals.

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What is continental drift?

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The movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other.

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What evidence supports the theory of continental drift?

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Fossil evidence, geological similarities, and the fit of the continents.

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What is the significance of Pangaea in the study of continental drift?

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Pangaea is the most well-known supercontinent that existed before the continents drifted apart.

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What role do tectonic plates play in continental drift?

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Tectonic plates are large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and cause continents to drift.

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What is the lithosphere?

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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

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What are convection currents?

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Movements within the Earth's mantle that drive the movement of tectonic plates.