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EXOGENIC PROCESSESES (CONTINENTAL DRIFT JIGSAW PUZZLE ACTIVITY)

QUESTIONS :

1. What criteria or basis did you consider in piercing together the jigsaw puzzle?

2. Look at the resulting map. What can you conclude with regards to the location of different
fossils? What about the mountain range?

3. Give your thoughts on why the cutouts do not perfectly fit with each other?
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1. Compute in meters, how far these continents will travel in (a)100 years, (b) 500,000 years
and (c) 1 million years. Tabulate the answers
Answer using the formula of velocity/speed, distance is computed as:
Distance=Speed x Time

Continent Speed Distance Travel

100 years 50,000 years 1 million years
Antartic 2 cm/yr
African 2.2 cm/yr
South American 1.5cm/yr
North American 1.2 cm/yr

Q1. Which continent moves the fastest?Where will it be in 50,000 years?

Q2. Which continent moves the slowest? Where will it be in 1 million years?

Q3. Is there a chance that continents will collide with each other? Explain your answer.If yes, give
an example.