Unit 5: Earth Science (2)

Lesson 5: Evidence for Continental

Drift
Sticky Note Journal
Objective
Students will be able to…

Cite evidence that the continents have moved

around the Earth.

Remember: our most fundamental goal in Science is to understand

what is happening in the world around us.
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Evidence for Continental Drift
Notes
Scientist, Alfred Wegener, discovered several pieces of
evidence that prove all of the continents were once
connected:
1. Same fossils found on continents now separated by oceans.
2. Glacial grooves cut into rocks match up on several
continents.
3. Continents look like they fit together like puzzle pieces
(Africa and South America).

This huge landmass of all the continents is known as

Pangaea.
Fossil Evidence
Puzzle Piece Evidence
Glacial Evidence
Today’s Activity

Pangaea Map

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