How do fossils provide evidence that continents move?

Alfred Wegener proposed the Theory of Continental Drift. Which one of these does NOT support the theory Wegener proposed?

• Fossils that were similar were found on different continents.

• Bacteria was found all over the world.

• Shape of continents fit together to form a supercontinent called Pangea

• Climate seen as glacial or ice sharring are found all over the world.

What is the Theory of Continental Drift?

• New continents are continually being created

  and destroyed.

• The layout of the continents is the same today

  as it has always been

• The continents have always been separate but

  may one day drift together to form a single

  continent

• All the continents were once one continent that

  broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of

  millions of years

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Alfred Wegener proposed the Theory of Continental Drift. Which one of these does NOT support the theory Wegener proposed?

• Fossils that were similar were found on different continents.

• Bacteria was found all over the world.

• Shape of continents fit together to form a supercontinent called Pangea

• Climate seen as glacial or ice sharring are found all over the world.

The theory of continental drift states that all the continents were once part of one big landmass called Pangaea. Who was the scientist that came up with this theory?

• Harry Hess

• Bill Nye

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

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Wegener said the continents seemed to ...

• fit together like puzzle pieces

• have never moved

• be made of coal

• sinking into the mantle

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Lystosaurus, Mesosaurus, and Cynognathus were...

• reptiles that could not have swam across the Atlantic ocean

• tropical ferns that could not survive in cold climates

• glaciers that covered Pangea

• matching mountain ranges

Glossopteris was a...

• reptile that could not have swam across the Atlantic ocean

• tropical fern that could not survive in cold climates

• matching mountain range

• coal bed found in Antarctica

People did not believe Wegener's theory because he...

• could not explain how it was happening.

• was not very well liked by his peers.

• was a Geologist.

• was not as smart as Harry Hess.

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
• glacier scars and evidence from temperature
• mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents
• all of the above