Chp 7 lesson 1

Wegener proposed the continental drift hypothesis suggesting that continents are in constant motion on the surface of the Earth.

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Glossopteris was a supercontinent consisting of Earth’s present-day continents.

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One of Alfred Wegener’s pieces of evidence for continental drift was data from the seafloor.

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Wegener used fossil ferns to suggest that a supercontinent existed about 250 million years ago.

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Glacial grooves in rocks in Africa suggest that this continent was once located in a much colder place.

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Rocks with a similar makeup and age in South America and Africa supported Wegener’s idea of moving continents.

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Coal beds in Antarctica suggest that this continent once had a warm climate.

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The puzzle-like fit of continental coastlines was one piece of evidence Wegener used to suggest that the continents were once joined.

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What theory is this a picture of?

• pangaea

• plate tectonics

• glacial grooves

• continental drift

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The similarities between the Appalachian mountains and the Scottish highlands provides evidence for which process?

• fossilization

• glacial retreat

• continental drift

• climate change

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