Plate Movement
Do you know
what type of plate boundary causes earthquakes? What about if the divergent boundary is the
one that splits or is it the convergent boundary? Have you ever heard of the word pangaea? If not here would be the
perfect place to find all of your answers. If you want to find out more about plate movement then just click one of the options at the top or one of the three on this page, and if you would like to learn about Pangaea look below for information.
Pangaea
September 1910, that was when german scientist Alfred Wegener made a hypothesis that at some point all of the continents were part of one super continent. The evidence that he had came from the shape of the land, fossils, land forms and the ancient ice age.
Theory of Continental Drift: Alfred's theory is that over time the continents are drifting.
Evidence
Fossils Record: Matching plant and animal fossils have been found on different sides of the ocean, and no animal could swim so far, and plants don't swim.
Land Forms: Land forms like mountain ranges, and rock formations match on different continents.
Ice Age: Striations caused by glaciers matched along the coasts of South America and South Africa.
Pangaea
September 1910, that was when german scientist Alfred Wegener made a hypothesis that at some point all of the continents were part of one super continent. The evidence that he had came from the shape of the land, fossils, land forms and the ancient ice age.
Theory of Continental Drift: Alfred's theory is that over time the continents are drifting.
Evidence
Fossils Record: Matching plant and animal fossils have been found on different sides of the ocean, and no animal could swim so far, and plants don't swim.
Land Forms: Land forms like mountain ranges, and rock formations match on different continents.
Ice Age: Striations caused by glaciers matched along the coasts of South America and South Africa.
Convergent Boundaries
The first boundary
is called
Convergent.
Divergent Boundaries
The second boundary
is called
Divergent .
is called
Divergent .
Transform Boundaries
The last boundary is
called Transform