DOL - 12/3 - Continental Drift Wegner
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is Pangaea?
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A supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Where did Wegener find plant fossils that today would not survive?
Back
Antarctica.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
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Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together, fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils, and similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Why was Wegener's hypothesis not accepted?
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He could not explain what force was moving the continents.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What do glacier scars in Africa indicate?
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Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is continental drift?
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The theory that continents have moved over geological time and were once joined together.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
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Alfred Wegener.
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