Monday 9/22/08 - Review of Classifying Rocks. Introduction of Igneous Rocks. (Rock Odyssey Video on YouTube. I-G-N-E-O-U-S song!
Tuesday 9/23/08 - Review of Igneous Rocks. Introduction of Sedimentary Rocks
Wednesday 9/24/08 - Review of Sedimentary Rocks. Introduction of Metamorphic Rocks
Thursday 9/25/08 - Review of Metamorphic Rocks. Introduction of the Rock Cycle
Friday 9/26/08 - Chapter 3 Vocabulary Comprehension check. Kids should know all key terms from Chapter 3.
There is a Chapter 3 Test NEXT TUESDAY 9/30/08.
1 comments:
1. Who was the first person to notice that North American and Africa appeared to "fit together"? What century did this observation take place during?
The first person to notice that North America and Africa fit together was Sir Francis Bacon and he noticed this in the 17th century.
2.Who was the first person to propose the Theory of Continental Drift? Did he propose the theory alone or with somebody else?What other area of science did this person make great strides in? Specifically, what did he propose
with regards to that finding?
The first person to propose the theory of continental drift was Alfred Wegener. He proposed this theory with Frank Taylor. The other science that he made great strides in was meteorology. He proposed that lunar craters were caused from impact.
3. List and explain in detail the evidence used to support his Theory of Continental Drift?
The shapes match, the plants and animals match, the rocks match and the ice matches. That shows that all of the continents were once together.
4. Why were most people skeptical of his proposed theory?
Most people were skeptical of Wegener's theory because they thought it was impossible for big continents to plow through the bottom of the ocean.
5. How long ago was the Permian period? (This was the time when there was one large supercontinent.) List the preceding periods of time and approximate time period that lead us to "Present Day".
Permian:225 million years ago
Triossic:200 million
Jurassic:150 million
Cretaceous:65 million
Present Day
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