Building Pangaea (A+ Assured)

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Vocabulary Continental Drift ​ : ​the theory that the continents are moving very slowly. ​ Fossil : ​the remains, traces, or imprint of an ancient living thing preserved in rock. ​ Glaci... er : ​a large, slowly moving body of snow and ice. ​ Ice age : ​a time when Earth was very cold and large areas were covered by glaciers. ​ Landmass : ​a large, unbroken area of land. ​ Pangaea : ​an ancient supercontinent that scientists believe existed from about 200 to 300 million years ago. Supercontinent ​ : ​a single landmass that includes two or more continents​. Prior Knowledge Questions​ (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1​. Antarctica is a frozen land, so cold and icy that no trees can grow there. Yet scientists have discovered ​fossils ​(remains preserved in rock) of ancient trees in Antarctica. ● What do you think this means?​ I think this means that Antarctica was once full of trees ( Terrestrial Environment )and the dinosaurs or mammals that lived here died and were preserved here , as the earth changed this environment changed to nothing but a frozen land. 2.​ The Himalayas in central Asia are the tallest mountains in the world. But fossils of seashells can be found high in these mountains, far from any ocean. ● How do you think they got there?​ ​I think they got there because the top of those mountains were once the ocean floor and when the earth's plates moved and pushed the mountain up marine life that lived there got trapped in the mountain. Gizmo Warm-up 1.​ The Gizmo allows you to drag and rotate all the major ​landmasses ​on Earth. ● To drag a landmass, grab it in the middle ● To rotate a landmass, grab it near the edge ● Learn the names by opening the ​Tools​ menu and dragging the ​Help ​icon over the landmasses. ● Mark where you live. Open the ​Tools​ menu and drag an ​arrow​ to your location. 2.​ Test your geography skills. Drag and rotate landmasses randomly until you make a big mess. Then try to move them back to their original positions. ● When you have made the best map you can, open the ​Tools​ menu, select ​Screenshot, and copy the image into a blank document. Label the image “Map 1. [Show More]

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