Assignment:
Write an essay of 500-600 words that addresses the following:
Q1. Describe geographic evidence collected in the last part of the 20th century to support the theory of continental drift.
Q2. Why do scientists today accept the movement of continents but did not accept this theory back in Wegner's time?
Q3. Describe the process of the scientific method and theory development.
Q4. How does the scientific method help one understand the natural world?
Q5. What are the roles of qualitative and quantitative science?
Q6. Describe how plate tectonics provides the mechanism for continental drift.
Q7. How do plate tectonics explain the process of continental drift?
Q8. How do plate tectonics explain natural landforms like the Himalayas and the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean?