Drifting Continents

List the 7 continents

Who is the German Scientist who hypothesized about the continents once being joined together?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

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____________ _____ is the idea that the continents drifted slowly moved over Earth's surface.

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What is the supercontinent called that contained all of the continents together?

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Wegener studied what types of things to support his ideas?

• land features

• fossils

• evidence of climate change

• mid-ocean ridges

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Describe the evidence found from land features that helped support Wegner's ideas

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A ______ is any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.

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How did the evidence from fossils support Wegener's ideas?

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As a continent moves toward the equator its climate becomes cooler. As a continent moves towards the poles, it becomes warmer.

• True

• False

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____________ _________ are thick layers of ice that covered hundreds of square kilometers.

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