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Translation received 28 February 2002. Rockefeller Jr Memorial PKWY Big Hole NB Cowpens NB Fort Donelson NB Fort Necessity NB Moores Creek NB Petersburg NB Stones River NB Tupelo NB Wilsons Creek NB Kennesaw Mountain NBP Richmond NBP Brices Cross Roads NBS Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP 1. Continents and Ocean. A continent is one of the seven large landmasses on earth. . . 2. Continents and Oceans. The seven continents are:. Africa . Australia. Antarctica . Asia. North America. South America. Write On . Grade. . 3. Learner Expectation. Content Standard:. 3.0 . Geography enables the students to see, understand and appreciate the web of relationships between people, places, and environments. Students will use the knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts within the six essential elements of geography: world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, and the uses of geography.. Students . know features of the ocean floor (magnetic patterns, age, and sea-floor topography) provide evidence of plate tectonics.. Have you ever wondered why Earth has earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains?. What You Will Learn. Describe Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift. . Explain . how sea-floor spreading provides a way for continents to move. . Describe . how new oceanic lithosphere forms at mid-ocean ridges. . B.P. #6 Rates and scale of earth change are difficult to comprehend – either too slow relative to human life, or too huge in scale to imagine. Related to how old we think the earth is ----. Prior to late 18. Video on Earth 1 million years from now. Theory of Continental Drift. Alfred Wegener . wrote . about his hypothesis of . continental . drift . in the 1900s. .. Continental drift.  is the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations. . Evidence for Plate Tectonics. Changes in Sea Floor Magnetism. Evidence for Plate Tectonics. Continents fit together like a puzzle. Changes in Sea Floor Magnetism. Evidence for Plate Tectonics. Fossils of plants and animals of the same species found on different continents. . 1. Unit 2, Lesson 5: What are Some Ways to Organize or Regionalize the Earth?. 2. REGION: . an area with at least one characteristic or feature that sets it apart from other areas. 3. Review. What is one way to divide Michigan into regions?. T. he . E. vidence . F. or . C. ontinental Drift.. Tyler Young . Amesbury 4. th. . Sep. 21, 2015. Alfred Wegener . Alfred . Lothar. Wegener (. nov. , 1, 1880 . -. 1930) was a German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist.. Crust. Mantle . Core. The Crust. Hard , solid, and strong. Cooler than other layers. Thinner beneath the oceans and made of basalt. Thicker beneath the continents and made of granite. The Mantle. Composed of two layers: the upper mantle and lower mantle. B.P. #6 Rates and scale of earth change are difficult to comprehend – either too slow relative to human life, or too huge in scale to imagine. Related to how old we think the earth is ----. Prior to late 18. The Vast World . Ocean. Area of Continents and Oceans. Seventy one percent (71%) of the globe is covered with oceans or seas.. Continents and islands compose the remaining twenty nine percent (29 %).. Biogeography. The study of where organisms live is called . biogeography.. Note: In addition to studying . where. species live, biogeographers also try to understand . what. led to the worldwide distribution of species that exist today..