Continental Drift

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What is the term for when all the continents are together?

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Super continent.

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Who developed the theory of continental drift?

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Alfred Wegener.

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True or False: The continents can be pieced together to form a single whole continent.

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True.

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What was Wegener’s idea about continental drift?

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The continents have moved slowly apart to their current locations.

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What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?

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Pangaea.

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What is continental drift?

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The movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other.

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What evidence supports the theory of continental drift?

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Fossil distribution, geological similarities, and fit of the continents.

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What are tectonic plates?

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Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact.

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What is the significance of Alfred Wegener's work?

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He proposed that continents were once joined and have drifted apart.

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What is the role of plate tectonics in continental drift?

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Plate tectonics explains the movement of continents over geological time.