Continental Drift Theory

Kory Staskiewicz

Aflred Wegener

November, 1 1880 in Berlin.

• He was a German Scientist.

• He is most known for his theory of continental drift.

• He was unable to prove his theory.

• He died November, 2 1930.

Continental Drift Theory

• Pangaea broke up and the contents started to move to there spot the are now.

Continental Drift Theory Evidence

• Fossils- There were Lystrosaurus fossils. In Antarctica. They can’t serve cold weather.

• Climate- The climate in Antarctica is to cold to have a Glossopteris to be growing there because it’s a tropic plant.

• Landforms- There are mt. that line up and will go together.

Harry Hess

• He was born on May,24 1906.

• He was a navy officer in WWll.

• He was a Geologist.

• He is one "founding fathers" of the theory of plate tectonics.

• He died August, 25 1969.

Sea Floor Spreading

• It’s when a under water volcano erupts and spreads apart.

Sea Floor Spreading Evidence

• They used sonar to map ocean floor.

Other Definitions

• Subduction-the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a beneath an ocean trench.

• Mid-Ocean Ridge- an under water mt. range.

• Sonar- a device used to detached movement.