SCIENCE WEEK 6 - EVIDENCES OF PLATE MOVEMENTS

Question 1

hypothesized that all of the modern-day continents had
previously been clumped together in a supercontinent
he called Pangaea

Answer 1

Alfred Lothar Wegener

Question 2

Any evidence of past life preserved in geologic context; They are a tangible connection to life, landscapes, and climates of the past.
They show us how life, landscapes, and climate have changed over time and how living things responded to those changes.

Answer 2

Paleontological Evidence

Question 3

is the scientific study of life of the geologic past that involves the analysis of plant and animal fossils

Answer 3

Paleontology

Question 4

a French Scientist, argued that the presence of identical fossil
plants in both North American and European coal deposits
could be explained if the two continents had formerly been connected

Answer 4

Antonio Snider Pellegrini

Question 5

described how plants in Late Paleozoic coal beds of India, Australia,
South America were all similar

Answer 5

Edward Seuss

Question 6

Is an interval of time withinthe ice age that is marked by
colder temperature and glacier advances

Answer 6

Glaciation

Question 7

Alfred Wegener proposed that the rock layers were made when all the continents were part of Pangaea

Answer 7

Evidence from Structure and Rock Type

Question 8

is the study of climactic conditions of past geologic ages.

Answer 8

Paleoclimatology

Question 9

it is the study of ancient magnetic field directions by studying the magnetism frozen into rocks of different ages

Answer 9

Paleomagnetism

Question 10

the apparent movement of themagnetic poles illustrated in magnetized rocks

Answer 10

Polar Wandering