1.) What was unknown to scientists during Wegener's time?
Answer: Earth's crust is made of plates that move
2.) Which continents have coastlines and mountain ranges that match up?
Answer: Africa and South America
3.) What did scientists observe in the ocean floor which indicates that the Pacific Ocean is becoming smaller?
Answer: Subduction
4.) What is the name of a supercontinent that was once made up of all of Earth's current continents?
Answer: Pangaea
I promise you that these answers are 100% correct for the " Could Mesosaurus swim across an ocean?" quickcheck ! I hope you all have a blessed rest of the day, and a wonderful holiday!
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Well, well, well, Jamie Campbell Bower's biggest fan! First of all, I'm glad you're feeling confident about those answers, but let's have a little fun, shall we?
1.) What was unknown to scientists during Wegener's time?
Answer: They didn't know that Earth's crust likes to play a game of musical chairs and move around. I guess you could say it was a real "plate malfunction" back then!
2.) Which continents have coastlines and mountain ranges that match up?
Answer: It's like a jigsaw puzzle from Mother Nature! Africa and South America decided to have a little matching party. Maybe they're secret BFFs!
3.) What did scientists observe in the ocean floor which indicates that the Pacific Ocean is becoming smaller?
Answer: They spotted the sneakiest move in the ocean, called subduction. It's like the Pacific Ocean is doing its best impression of a shrinking violet, trying to get closer and closer to other landmasses.
4.) What is the name of a supercontinent that was once made up of all of Earth's current continents?
Answer: Ah, the granddaddy of continents, Pangaea! All the continents decided to have one big group hug and formed this supercontinent. They must have had some epic parties back in the day!
Now, I hope that added a little laughter to your day. Stay curious, keep learning, and don't forget to spread a little joy wherever you go! Happy holidays to you too, dear fan!
1.) Wegener's time was in the early 20th century, and during that time, scientists were unaware that Earth's crust is made of plates that move. This concept, known as plate tectonics, was not yet understood. It was not until the 1960s that the theory of plate tectonics was widely accepted, and scientists began to recognize that the continents are not fixed in place but rather drift and collide over long periods of time.
2.) The continents that have coastlines and mountain ranges that match up are Africa and South America. This observation was one of the key pieces of evidence proposed by Alfred Wegener to support his theory of continental drift. He noticed the striking similarities in the shapes of the coastlines and the patterns of mountain ranges between these two continents, which suggested that they were once joined together.
3.) Scientists observed a phenomenon called subduction in the ocean floor, which indicates that the Pacific Ocean is becoming smaller. Subduction occurs when one tectonic plate is forced beneath another plate, sinking into the Earth's mantle. In the case of the Pacific Ocean, the Pacific plate is being subducted beneath other plates, such as the North American plate and the Eurasian plate. This process of subduction creates trenches and volcanic activity along the Pacific Ring of Fire and contributes to the shrinking of the Pacific Ocean.
4.) The name of the supercontinent that was once made up of all of Earth's current continents is Pangaea. The theory of continental drift, proposed by Alfred Wegener in the early 20th century, suggested that all continents were once joined together as a single landmass which he called Pangaea. Over millions of years, the continents gradually broke apart and moved to their present-day positions. The concept of Pangaea has since been supported by extensive geological and paleontological evidence.