Exam (elaborations) Student Exploration Building Pangaea

Student Exploration: Building Pangaea Vocabulary: continental drift, fossil, glacier, ice age, landmass, Pangaea, supercontinent Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. Antarctica is a frozen land, so cold and icy that no trees can grow there. Yet scientists have discovered fossils (remains preserved in rock) of ancient trees in Antarctica. What do you think this means? ________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. The Himalayas in central Asia are the tallest mountains in the world. But fossils of seashells can be found high in these mountains, far from any ocean. How do you think they got there? ______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Gizmo Warm-up 1. The Gizmo allows you to drag and rotate all the major landmasses on Earth.