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Science 10 - Lesson 1.3

The document discusses plate tectonics and the mechanisms of plate movements. It covers Pangaea, the supercontinent, and Alfred Wegener's continental drift theory. It also describes the driving forces of mantle convection, slab pull, and ridge push that push and pull tectonic plates. Resisting forces that act against plate movements are also mentioned. The lessons aim to have students understand Pangaea, continental drift theory, the evidence for plate tectonics, and the forces involved in plate movements.

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Science 10 - Lesson 1.3

The document discusses plate tectonics and the mechanisms of plate movements. It covers Pangaea, the supercontinent, and Alfred Wegener's continental drift theory. It also describes the driving forces of mantle convection, slab pull, and ridge push that push and pull tectonic plates. Resisting forces that act against plate movements are also mentioned. The lessons aim to have students understand Pangaea, continental drift theory, the evidence for plate tectonics, and the forces involved in plate movements.

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Science 10

1st Quarter
UNIT 1 – Earth and Space
LESSON 1.3 PANGAEA – THE SUPERCONTINENT
LESSON 1.4 – EVIDENCE OF PLATE MOVEMENTS
LESSON 1.5 – MECHANISMS OF PLATE MOVEMENTS
At the end of the lesson, the students must be
able to
1. describe Pangaea.
2. state the Continental Drift Theory.
3. Enumerate the evidences presented by Alfred Wegener in support
of his Continental Drift Theory.
4. enumerate and discuss the driving and resisting forces of plate
movements.
5. Locate the epicenter and estimate its madnitude using a virtual lab.
The name "Pangaea" is derived from
Ancient Greek
pan - "all, entire, whole" and
Gaia - "Mother Earth, land

The concept that the continents once formed


a contiguous land mass was first proposed
by Alfred Wegener, the originator of the scientific

THEORY OF
CONTINENTAL DRIFT
- he postulated that, before breaking up and
drifting to their present locations, all the
continents had formed a single
supercontinent.
Paleozoic Era - the geologic time from about 540 to 245 million years ago. Primitive fish and reptiles, land plants, and insects
also first appeared during this time.
Mesozoic Era - the geologic time from about 251 to 66 million years ago. It is characterized by the development of flying
Wegener’s CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY Rejected

- Wegener's hypothesis was not accepted because he


suggested no mechanism for moving the continents.
He thought the force of Earth's spin was sufficient to
cause continents to move, but geologists knew that
rocks are too strong for this to be true.

- He was a meteorologist.
MECHANISMS OF PLATE MOVEMENTS
- as stated in the continental drift theory, the plates of the Earth’s crust
continually move. Two types of forces influenced this crustal plates
movement.
1. DRIVING FORCES either push tectonic plates or pull them apart.

• MANTLE CONVECTION
- is the very slow creeping
motion of Earth's solid silicate
mantle caused by convection
currents carrying heat from
the interior to the planet's
surface.
SLAB PULL is the
pulling force exerted
by a cold, dense
oceanic plate
plunging into the
mantle due to its own
weight.
RIDGE PUSH
or sliding plate force is a
proposed driving force
for plate motion in plate
tectonics that occurs at
mid-ocean ridges as the
result of the rigid
lithosphere sliding down
the hot, raised
asthenosphere below
mid-ocean ridges.
2. Resisting forces – act against the driving forces of
plate tectonics. They include slab resistance, collissional
resistance, transform fault resistance, and drag force.

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