PLATE TECTONICS PART II

Discover Plate Tectonics: Learn about Pangaea and continental drift!

Who are you? Type your names here. Interactives . Dynamic Earth . Plate Tectonics Click on this link and follow along with these questions while using the interactive site. Dynamic Earth Interactive TRUE or FALSE: Image A depicts what Earth looks like today. TRUE FALSE Fill in the blanks using the interactive above. What did Earth look like 250 million years ago? The continents of Earth were clustered together in formation that a scientist named Pangaea. The scientist that named “Pangaea” was a German scientist by the name of Alfred Wegener. He theorized that “Pangaea" split apart and the different landmasses, or continents, drifted to their current locations on the globe. Wegener’s theories of plate movement became the basis for the development of the theory of plate tectonics. Label the images of Earth's plates below in order from oldest (1) to most recent (5).