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• Describe Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift.
• Discuss how sea-floor spreading provides a way for continents to move.
• Describe how new oceanic lithosphere forms at mid-oceanic ridges.
• Explain how magnetic reversals provide evidence for sea-floor spreading.

Assignment:  Record what is known about Pangaea.  Read pgs. 198-201. 6 detail stickies.

• Describe Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift.
• Discuss how sea-floor spreading provides a way for continents to move.
• Describe how new oceanic lithosphere forms at mid-oceanic ridges.
• Explain how magnetic reversals provide evidence for sea-floor spreading.

Assignment:  Quiz section 2. 

• Describe the three types of tectonic plate boundaries.
• Describe the three forces thought to move tectonic plates.
• Explain how scientists measure the rate at which tectonic plates move.

Assignment:  Record what is known about plate boundaries.  Read pgs. 202-205.  10 detail stickies.

• Describe the three types of tectonic plate boundaries.
• Describe the three forces thought to move tectonic plates.
• Explain how scientists measure the rate at which tectonic plates move.

Assignment:  Quiz section 3.