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Key People
Evidence
Theories
Connections to the 4 Spheres
Fossils
100
Alfred Wegener
The person who proposed this theory is....?
100
Pangaea
the theory that the continents were one mass is called....?
100
Plate tectonics
movement of plates by convection
100
Answer
how does the Geosphere connect to HPT?
100
Cynognathus
1 fossil
200
Arthur Holmes
Founded Convection Theory in 1929
200
Fossils
Paleontologists found these of similar species found on continents that are now separated by great geographic distance.
200
continental drift
continents plowed through the crust
200
no real connection
how does the Atmosphere connect to HPT?
200
Mesosaurus
Fossil 2
300
R. Deitz
Reinforced Arthur Holme’s convection theory in the 60’s
300
Rock Similarites
another similarity between continents
300
Catastrophism
the continents moved by catastrophies
300
answer
how does the Biosphere connect to HPT?
300
Glossopteris
Fossil 3
400
Harry Hess
Also Reinforced Arthur Holme’s convection theory in the 60’s
400
paleomagnetism
Earth's Magnetic field is called...?
400
Uniformitarianism
Catastrophism combined with the theory that everything that happened will happen again for the same reasons
400
answer
how does the hydrosphere connect to HPT?
400
Lystrosaurus
Fossil 4
500
Alexander du Toit
wrote about the theory
500
sea floor
how the _____ _____ fits togther.
500
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500
answer
how do they all connect? if at all?
500
they are evidence that supports the Plate Tectonics theory
How do fossils connect to HPT?