Continental Drift Theory

This German scientist first proposed continental drift theory

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Archimedes

• Thomas Warner

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These are remains of dead plants or animals preserved in rock.

• Glaciers

• Dinosaurs

• Bones

• Fossils

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This was the super continent, where all of the Earth’s continents were connected together

• Beringia

• Pantheon

• Pangaea

• Continentia

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This group of people were the first to recognize that the continents "fit together like puzzle pieces."

• Early cartographers

• Early geographers

• Meteorologists

• Alfred Wegener

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Wegener observed scratches from glaciers in Africa and India where it is currently too hot for glaciers to form. This is considered...

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Formation Evidence

• Climate Evidence

• Objective Evidence

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Wegener noticed that the Appalachian Mountains and Caledonian Mountains line up and are made of the same rock types. This was a type of ....

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Formation Evidence

• Climate Evidence

• Objective Evidence

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Wegener found fossils of land reptiles on two different continents. This was important because

• Land reptiles are often found all over the world, showing that they can survive in most climates

• Land reptiles cannot swim, so the continents must have been connected for them to get across

• Land reptiles are never moved around the Earth by humans, so they must have travels to these continents by themselves

• Land reptiles fossilized much better than other animal species

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Wegener found fossils of ancient ferns on Antarctica, this shows

• That some ferns can survive temperatures well below freezing

• That humans put ferns on Antarctica millions of years ago

• That Antarctica drifted from a warmer climate where plants could grow

• That fossils can be formed in cold climates

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These people are map makers

• Cartographers

• Paleontologists

• Geologists

• Biologists

What was not a piece of evidence Wegener used to support continental drift theory?

• Rock Formation Evidence

• Climate Evidence

• Soil Evidence

• Fossil Evidence

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