CONTINENTAL DRIFT

THEORY
AND SEAFLOOR
SPREADING THEORY
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Explain the Continental Drift Theory and
Sea Floor Spreading Theory.
 Differences
Continental Drift Theory Seafloor Spreading Theory

All continents in one This theory is a divergent

point were in one area process which two plates
called Pangea and as separate revealing the
time goes by all magma and pushes up the
continents drifted apart magma into the surface of
to what is known as our the sea floor.
modern map.
 Comparisons
They involve movements of
Tectonic Plates. They are
theories about the movement
of the earth.
 Essential Questions
Why is it important to How is plate tectonics
know if houses were related to geological
built on places where processes such as volcanic
earthquakes frequently eruption and earthquakes?
occur.
 Success Criteria
I am differentiate and explain the
Continental Drift Theory and Seafloor
Spreading Theory