Science

Part 2:

Write 4 pages that respond to the following:

• Describe geographic evidence collected in the last part of the 20th century to support the theory of continental drift.
• Why do scientists today accept the movement of continents but did not accept this theory back in Wegner’s time?
• Describe the process of the scientific method and theory development.
• How does the scientific method help us understand the natural world?
• Describe how plate tectonics provides the mechanism for continental drift.
• How do plate tectonics explain the process of continental drift?
• How do plate tectonics explain natural landforms like the Himalayas and the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean?

Click on the following link to review additional information in videos relevant to this assignment: The Diminishing Colorado River and Plate Tectonics and Tsunamis.