Based on MS-ESS2-3: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Based on MS-ESS2-3: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Background:
In 1965 a group of scientists including Sir Edward Bullard published a paper proposing a fit between the continents surrounding the Atlantic Ocean. A similar fit had been proposed by Alfred Wegner in 1912. However, Bullard’s team was able to use a powerful new technology, mainframe computers. The image to the right became known as the Bullard’s Fit.
Question: Describe the data set. Analyze the patterns in the data to identify relationships about Earth features to provide evidence to support Bullard's claim.
For each Figure from the attached pictures (Figure 2 Berann’s Painting- Figure 3 Fossil remains- Figure 4 Age of Ocean Lithosphere) answer the following:
- What information is contained in the dataset?
- What patterns do you notice?
- How does that relate to.
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Figure 4: Age of Ocean Lithosphere
Neogene Paleogene Cretaceous Jurassic
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Age of Oceanic Lithosphere [m.y.]
Meosaurus
286-258 m.y.a
Cynognathus
fossil remains
Glossopteris
fossil remains
Mesosaurus
fossil remains
*artist rendition
Figure 3: Fossil Remains
Cynognathus
247-228 m.y.a
Glossopteris
fossil
300-200 m.y.a
Figure 2: Berannn's Painting: Painting by Heinrich Berann (1977)
based on the scientific profiles of Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F728888e1-5901-4176-afde-4cf99b6c1aca%2Fc4b4551e-feae-4acf-b0d4-586f66fdad3c%2Fffk02a_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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