First proposed Continental Drift:
Wegener and Continental Drift

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9th - 12th Grade
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Gloria Gibson
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Alfred Wegener
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Wegener's supercontinent where all continents were joined.
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Pangaea
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Most geologists rejected Wegener's Continental Drift idea because...
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He couldn't identify what would cause continents to move.
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Wegener's evidence for Continental Drift: fit of continents.
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true
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Wegener used matching mountain ranges across continents as evidence for Continental Drift.
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true
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Wegener used matching fossils of the same organisms on different continents as evidence for Continental Drift.
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true
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Wegener used evidence of glaciers in currently warm areas to support his Continental Drift hypothesis.
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true
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