Drifting Continents

The scientist who came up with the concept of continental drift

• Pangaea

• Alfred Wegener

• Continental Drift

• Fossil

That all continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart.

• Wegener's Hypothesis on Continental drift

• Wegener used this evidence to support continental drift

• Why was Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift rejected?

• Wegener thought the mountains formed in what way.

The hypothesis that the continents slowly moved across Earth's surface.

• Pangaea

• Alfred Wegener

• Fossil

• Continental Drift

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Means "all lands", a landmass that broke apart long ago and became today's continents.

• Continental Drift

• Fossil

• Pangaea

• Alfred Wegener

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An ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.

• Continental Drift

• Fossil

• Pangaea

• Alfred Wegener

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He studied land features, fossils, and evidence of climate change.

• Wegener used this evidence to support continental drift

• Wegener's Hypothesis on Continental drift

• Why was Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift rejected?

• How did Wegener explain similar fossils on different continents?

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He could not provide a satisfactory explanation for the force that pushes or pulls the continents.

• Wegener used this evidence to support continental drift

• Wegener's Hypothesis on Continental drift

• Why was Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift rejected?

• How did Wegener explain similar fossils on different continents?

Since neither reptile could have swum great distances across salt water he inferred that they once lived on a single landmass that has since split apart.

• Wegener used this evidence to support continental drift

• Wegener's Hypothesis on Continental drift

• Why was Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift rejected?

• How did Wegener explain similar fossils on different continents?

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1. Mountain ranges from Africa and South America lined up.2. European coal fields matched up with North American coal fields.

• Evidence from fossils

• Evidence from land features

• Evidence from climatic zones

• Wegener thought the mountains formed in what way.

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1. The fossils of the fern-like plant Glossopteris were found on many different continents.2. The fossils of freshwater reptlies Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus were found in places separated by oceans.

• Evidence from fossils

• Evidence from land features

• Evidence from climatic zones

• Wegener thought the mountains formed in what way.

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