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Science 10 (Worksheet 5 Week 5 Lesson 5) - Leodones

1. The document discusses factors that were considered in reconstructing the original Pangea supercontinent, including evidence from fossils, glaciers, complementary coastlines, and occurrences beneath the earth like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. 2. Reconstructing past landmasses requires evidence to prove they were once connected, which can answer historical questions and fill gaps while showing changes over time and their causes. 3. Evidence like identical fossils found in widely separated areas, as well as matching geological formations, indicate past connections between continents and support the theory of plate tectonics.

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Science 10 (Worksheet 5 Week 5 Lesson 5) - Leodones

1. The document discusses factors that were considered in reconstructing the original Pangea supercontinent, including evidence from fossils, glaciers, complementary coastlines, and occurrences beneath the earth like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. 2. Reconstructing past landmasses requires evidence to prove they were once connected, which can answer historical questions and fill gaps while showing changes over time and their causes. 3. Evidence like identical fossils found in widely separated areas, as well as matching geological formations, indicate past connections between continents and support the theory of plate tectonics.

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Science 10 (worksheet 5 lesson 5 evidence of plate movement)

Worksheet 5

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Procedures:
Guide Questions:

a) What are the factors that were considered in reconstructing the original landmasses?
Answer:
I assume the landmass mentioned above is the Pangea the supercontinent that exist way
back. Well the reconstruction of Pangea suggests that continental plates are moving and it
will keep moving as long as there are occurrences beneath the earth. Such as earthquakes
and volcanic eruption under the sea. The reconstruction gives us the new figure of the
world as of today. Maybe in the near future, Europe is closer to America and Oceania
will be part of Asia.

b) Why do you think, you need factors or evidences that will prove that landmass is as a
whole in reconstructing it?
Answer:
Because, we need to think the advantage if we have evidences or factors that will prove
the landmasses. It will have a purpose because we have already proved the landmass was
real. At the same time, it can answer questions and fill the loopholes in history. It can
give a brief idea about the changes which occurred over a period and
the factors responsible for them. 

II. What evidence best supports the plate tectonics? Explain why.





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Modern continents hold clues to their distant past. Evidence from fossils, glaciers, and
complementary coastlines helps reveal how the plates once fit together. Fossils tell us when and
where plants and animals once existed. Some life "rode" on diverging plates, became isolated,
and evolved into new species. Other life dispersed to new areas as continents reconnected,
oceans narrowed, or chains of volcanic islands formed. Finding identical or similar fossils in
areas separated by vast distances were some of the first clues that scientists used to reconstruct
past plate movement. This distribution of fossils led to theories that the southern continents were
once joined in a supercontinent called Gondwana. Similar geologic formations on different
continents show historic land connections. Antarctica’s mountains are an extension of South
America’s Andes. If Southern Hemisphere continents were reassembled into a single landmass,
glacial remnants in Africa and India would realign.

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