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1 What you need for class Journal Pen/pencil Science book
Happy Monday Warm up today: What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics? What you need for class Journal Pen/pencil Science book

2 Unit 7 Lesson 1 The Theory of Plate Tectonics
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3 Drifting Apart Pangea What is continental drift?
Unit 7 Lesson 1 The Theory of Plate Tectonics Drifting Apart What is continental drift? Pangea Alfred Wegener Continental drift is the hypothesis, proposed by a German Scientist, Alfred Wegener, that all of today’s continents were once part of a single landmass. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

4 What evidence supports continental drift?
Unit 7 Lesson 1 The Theory of Plate Tectonics What evidence supports continental drift? Wegener developed his hypothesis by looking at the shapes of the continents, climatic evidence, rocks, fossils, and land features. The matching coastlines support continental drift because they suggest that the continents were once connected. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

5 What evidence supports continental drift?
Unit 7 Lesson 1 The Theory of Plate Tectonics What evidence supports continental drift? Fossils of the same plant and animal species are found on continents separated by vast oceans. Scientists inferred the continents were joined when these plants and animals were alive. Different continents also have matching rock layers and land features. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

6 What evidence supports continental drift?
Unit 7 Lesson 1 The Theory of Plate Tectonics What evidence supports continental drift? Locations of coal deposits and past glacial activity provide climatic evidence for continental drift. Coal deposits found in cooler climates suggest that these continents were once closer to the equator. The past movement of glaciers across South America, India, Africa, and Australia only made sense if the continents were connected when the glaciers existed. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

7 What is plate tectonics?
Unit 7 Lesson 1 The Theory of Plate Tectonics What is plate tectonics? At first, continental drift was not widely accepted by the scientific community, but the hypothesis evolved into the theory of plate tectonics. Plate tectonics states that Earth’s surface is made up of giant, moving slabs called tectonic plates. A theory requires a great deal of evidence and is a system of ideas that explains many related observations about the natural world. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

8 What evidence supports plate tectonics?
Unit 7 Lesson 1 The Theory of Plate Tectonics What evidence supports plate tectonics? During sea-floor spreading, new sea floor forms and pushes existing rock in opposite directions. The far edges of the spreading sea floor are pushed into deep-ocean trenches through subduction, the process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

9 What evidence supports plate tectonics?
Unit 7 Lesson 1 The Theory of Plate Tectonics What evidence supports plate tectonics? The locations of earthquakes and volcanoes also provide evidence for plate tectonics. Most active volcanoes are found near plate boundaries, and most earthquakes take place near or on these boundaries as well. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

10 Plates Make It Possible!
Unit 7 Lesson 1 The Theory of Plate Tectonics Plates Make It Possible! How does research related to plate tectonics affect society? Knowledge about plate tectonics allows scientists to identify areas at risk for earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Scientists are also able to locate valuable resources, such as minerals and fossil fuels. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

11 How does research related to plate tectonics affect science?
Unit 7 Lesson 1 The Theory of Plate Tectonics How does research related to plate tectonics affect science? The theory of plate tectonics has had a great impact on scientific thought because it has unified many theories of Earth science. Plate tectonics help scientists understand fossil distribution, earthquake patterns, volcanic eruptions, and climatic changes Scientists also use plate tectonics to observe how Earth’s surface has changed and continues to change. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

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