https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z Claim Evidence Reasoning en-us 2022-11-03 15:51:06 UTC 2025-12-13 07:05:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z/wish/2368905100 Santiago Martinez
     
     Claim 2-
The plates move slowly away.
    

    Evidence
The ocean between the two continents has mid-Ocean ridge and wrinkles.
  

Therefore, ...

Both plates moved slowly away, and the fossils stayed in their place and then the fossils were found in two different continents.

This all supports evidence Claim 2 and Evidence card B.]]> 2022-11-03 17:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z/wish/2368905100 610057944 https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z/wish/2368907556 the plates looked like puzzle, so it moves gradually because every year it moves 3 cm apart and the Mesosaurus were on each side of the south American plate and the African plate.
Therefore, this supports claim 2 because every year it moves 3 cm so its gradually.]]> 2022-11-03 17:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z/wish/2368907556 610060470 https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z/wish/2368908075 Claim 2: The South American Plate and the African Plate moved apart gradually.]]> 2022-11-03 17:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z/wish/2368908075 610055624 https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z/wish/2368908080 Claim 2: The South American Plate and African Plate moved apart gradually. 

According to Evidence Card A, there is evidence that earthquakes occur in a pattern along the plate boundary between the South American and African Plate. This piece of evidence is important because it proves to us the plates are moving gradually. If the plates moved suddenly, we would be feeling very violent shaking and harsh earthquakes without warning all the time. Therefore, this supports Claim 2 that the plates move gradually. 

There is also important information on Evidence Card B that a mid-ocean ridge landform was found along the plate boundary between the South American Plate and African Plate. The reason why this evidence is important is because the way a mid-ocean ridge is formed is that it forms new crust as the mantle cools. Hence why it has "wrinkles," or ridges. If the plates move suddenly, the mid-ocean ridge wouldn't have any of those said wrinkles, it would just be flat land. Therefore, this piece of evidence refutes Claim 1 and supports Claim 2.]]> 2022-11-03 17:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z/wish/2368908080 610055544 https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z/wish/2368908087 Claim 2: The South American Plate and African Plate moved apart gradually. 

In evidence card A it states that earthquakes occur in a pattern along the plate boundary between the South American Plate and African Plate. This evidence is important because it proves that the plates move gradually. If the plates moved suddenly, we would be experiencing violent shaking at all times. Therefore, this piece of evidence supports claim 2 that the plates move gradually. 

In evidence card B it states that a mid-ocean ride landform is found along the plate boundary between South American Plate and African Plate. This evidence matters because it shows how the plates move gradually. The way a mid-ocean ridge ]]> 2022-11-03 17:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z/wish/2368908087 610093380 https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z/wish/2368910916   The South American plate and African plate moved apart gradually. (Aka clam #2)

     In evidence card D it states that fossils were from millions of years ago and shows that it takes millions of years to move a fossil.  Therefore, plates would not move suddenly but more gradually.
    And in evidence card A it claims that the plates have a pattern between the South American Plate and African plates. If plates were to move fast and sudden there would be earthquakes all the time. 
This supports that claim #2 helps ]]> 2022-11-03 17:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rglantz1/81wkfakdaipo3p4z/wish/2368910916