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How Have the Continents Changed Positions?**

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_drift http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml

__Continental Drift__:
 * Vocabulary**

1. Who is Alfred Wegener and what did he suggest?

2. One large supercontinent was on Earth 200 million years ago. What do we call it? Why did we name it that?

3. What two things did Wegener gather to support his theory?

4. What evidence did Glossopteris and Mesosaurus fossils bring to the theory of continental drift?

5. What do the Appalachian Mountains have in common with mountains in the United Kingdom and Norway? What does this tell us about these countries?

6. What country that is located near the Equator, did your textbook say it at one time had glaciers on it?

7. Why do large deposits of coal in Europe and North America, support Wegener's belief?


 * Lesson Review**

1. What is the theory of continental drift?

2. What are two kinds of evidence that support the theory of continental drift?

3. Challenge! The continents fit together better at the edges of the continental shelves than at the shorelines. Why do you think this is so?

http://www.quia.com/jg/514.html
 * Quiz Yourself!**

__Purpose:__ to predict the shape of a supercontinent from the shapes of smaller continents __Materials:__ scissors, construction of computer paper, worksheet from lab activity book (not needed) __Procedure:__ Draw a supercontinent on the construction/computer paper. Add land features such as mountains, lakes, or fossil deposits. Outline five continents within your supercontinent. Cut out the supercontinent, and cut apart. Trade supercontinents with a partner. Arrange your partner's continents to form a supercontinent. Draw your partner's supercontinent on the handout and answer the questions. Take back your pieces and glue them on the back of your handout to show your supercontinent.
 * Project from page 321**