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: Interpret the analyzed data( from the attached picture for Figure 2 Berann’s Painting- Figure 3 Fossil remains- Figure 4 Age of Ocean Lithosphere) to provide evidence for th

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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.

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Interpret the analyzed data( from the attached picture for Figure 2 Berann’s Painting- Figure 3 Fossil remains- Figure 4 Age of Ocean Lithosphere) to provide evidence for the motion of the continents from the time of Bullard’s fit to their modern locations.

30°N
lo -
0
30'S
60°N
60'S
Figure 4: Age of Ocean Lithosphere
Neogene Paleogene Cretaceous Jurassic
0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 280
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.
Transcribed Image Text:30°N lo - 0 30'S 60°N 60'S Figure 4: Age of Ocean Lithosphere Neogene Paleogene Cretaceous Jurassic 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 280 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.
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