Mr. Philen's notes summarize key points from Chapter 2, section 1 of the Earth science textbook. The notes discuss: 1) Francis Bacon's suggestion in 1620 that the continents fit together like pieces of a puzzle. 2) Details about the Earth, including its location in the solar system, composition inside with a liquid outer core and solid inner core, and layers including the crust and mantle. 3) The components that make up the biosphere - the atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere. 4) Alfred Wegener's 1912 continental drift theory that the supercontinent Pangea broke apart over millions of years, which provided evidence that the Earth's plates continue to slowly

1. Mr. Philen’s notes on Chapter 2, section 1