Continental Drift Theory
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Continents had once been part of a single supercontinent called “______” that split into two large landmasses one in Southern (_____) and other in Northern Hemisphere (_____).
pangaea, gondwana, laurasia
pangaea theory was made by?
alfred wegener
geologic evidence: The continents, especially South America and Africa, seemed to fit together like a _____.
puzzle
Wegener analyzed the orientation of the striations or the scratches imprinted as _____ moved along the surface of rocks.
glacier
Scratches glaciers leave on rocks as they travel.
glacial striations
Wegener noticed that there were ____ found on different continents.
fossils
seed much to large to be windblown
Glossopteris
lived in fresh water and could not have lived in salt water
mesosaurus
______ have been found in the Arctic but it’s not warm there!
climate evidence