Plate Tectonics - Scavenger Hunt
Question #1
What was originally thought to have happened on Earth to cause continents and oceans to form?
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Question #2
Who was Alfred Wegener?
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Question #3
What did Alfred Wegener believe happened to the Earth to cause continents and oceans to form?
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Question #4
Why did people later reject Alfred Wegener's beliefs?
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Question #5
What is the plate tectonic theory?
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Question #6
What are divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries? Describe each and give and example of each.
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Question #7
Using information collected and websites listed above, why is it that the Earth's circumference has not changed in size for the past 600 million years?
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- October 2005