https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th Are Earth's continents moving? How do you know? Pull evidence from your text book to support your answer. en-us 2016-11-11 13:50:25 UTC 2016-11-11 17:54:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137057622 Yes because there is ocean spreding and because there are the same fosils found in different coutainat.]]> 2016-11-11 17:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137057622 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137057773 The continents are always SLOWLY moving. And when I mean SLOWLY I mean in a billion years we would realize that the continent was in a different place then before.
Alfred Wegener theorized this, but people failed to believe  it. He called the moving of the continents, Continental Drift.
Beneath of the crust that we live on is magma, or very hot melted rock. Magma is like lava, except it is underground. Above magma lays the tectonic plates. The magma causes tension, which therefore causes the plates to move. This is how we get earthquakes, mountains, and Continental drift. Now our continents are spread out, but once in time the continents were all connected. This connection of continents was called Pangaea. There are 11 plates in all.]]> 2016-11-11 17:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137057773 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137057791 Yes, because the Continental drift happened . The way we know this is we found fossils in South America , and the same fossils were found in Africa . So that proves that they were once joined ]]> 2016-11-11 17:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137057791 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137057808 Yes, you know this because of the Continental drift happened, and the Continental drift is about how the continents use to be connect. The reason we know this because we have found fossils on South America and have found the same fossils on Africa, so scientist have came up with the conclusion that the continents use to be together(Continental Drift). ]]> 2016-11-11 17:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137057808 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137057813 Yes, because there is earthquakes. There is always moving air. Another thing is that there are tectonic plates that are constantly shifting. A last reason is that there is something called seafloor spreading. This is when the sea floor moves apart and a trench is formed.]]> 2016-11-11 17:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137057813 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137057936 Yes, because of the Continental Drift. Which means that the continents are always moving very slowly. These continents on the earth are ca]]> 2016-11-11 17:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137057936 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058166 Yes, because the tectonic plates are always moving if not fast at all. Continental drift is what is always happening when the earths continents are moving ,which they always are. You have heard about pangaea right? Well if you haven't then let me fill you in real quick, pangaea was what earths seven continents used to form they were all together in one giant jigsaw puzzle almost. It was one GIANT continent and there is physical proof too, people found the same rock of the same age on the eastern coast of south america and the western coast of Africa]]> 2016-11-11 17:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058166 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058229 Earth's continents are always moving. We know this because of mountains and earthquakes. Mount Everest gets taller. Earthquakes are always happening because the tectonic plates are moving. We also know this because we have found fossils from the same animal in different countries. It proves that the continents are moving.]]> 2016-11-11 17:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058229 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058360 Yes because all the continents are

]]> 2016-11-11 17:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058360 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058364 Yes Earth's continents are always moving because it is like the Continental Drift. We know because Mount Everest gets taller.]]> 2016-11-11 17:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058364 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058405 Yes, because on paragraph 1 it states that the ocean floor is always moving. That means that every continent is getting farther from one and closer to another, it just takes time.]]> 2016-11-11 17:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058405 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058460 2016-11-11 17:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058460 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058463 Yes, because the Earth has tectonic plates that are always shifting also in the book it says that the ocean floor is spreading at the rate at about 4 centimeters every year.]]> 2016-11-11 17:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058463 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058465 Yes, I know this because in page 200, it said continents are constantly moving.]]> 2016-11-11 17:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058465 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058487 2016-11-11 17:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058487 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058573 Yes, because the continental plates  are always moving causing oceans to expand and continents are moving with them. For example, South America looks like it would fit almost perfectly in a spot to another continent. (P.S. I agree with Mark about the padlet screen).]]> 2016-11-11 17:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058573 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058624 Scientists did not accept Wegener's theory of continental drift today we know that the continents rest on massive slabs of rock called tectonic plates. The plates are always moving and interacting in a process called plate tectonics. The continents are still moving today]]> 2016-11-11 17:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058624 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058639 over millons of years south am]]> 2016-11-11 17:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058639 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058673 Yes, because tectonic plates are always slowly moving. the science book says so.]]> 2016-11-11 17:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058673 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058730 2016-11-11 17:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058730 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058843 yes, because the ocean is spreading and the tectonic plates.]]> 2016-11-11 17:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058843 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058953 because the plates on the earth are the continents which are always moving.]]> 2016-11-11 17:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137058953 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137059541 2016-11-11 17:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137059541 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137059555 Yes because the text states that the ocean floor between Africa and South America are moving 1.5 ]]> 2016-11-11 17:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137059555 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137059717 Yes,Plate tectonics ]]> 2016-11-11 17:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137059717 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137059800 Yes. The continents are constantly moving. Just like this padlet screen :(]]> 2016-11-11 17:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137059800 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137059927 yes the tectonic plates are allways moving]]> 2016-11-11 17:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137059927 https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137059979 Ye]]> 2016-11-11 17:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kyra_kauffman/5thPeriodNov11th/wish/137059979