Who put forward the idea of continental drift and in what year
Alfred Wegner, 1912
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What was the large super continent called and the two sub contients
Pangaea, Laurasia and Gondwana
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What evidence supports the apparent fit
The coastlines of the continents match up
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What evidence supports the fossil correlation and biology theory
Alfred became interested in pre-historic life-Mezzasourous lived in shallow fresh waters. However fossils have been found in South Amercia and Central Africa. The dinasour cannot fly and can't survive in salt water- obe big super continent
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What evidence supports the Gelogy theroy
The mountain ranges match up North East Amercia-Appalachian and North Amercia mountains-made up of the same type and age of rock.
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What evidence supports the climatology theory
Past climate data. Glaicers startions have been found in South Amercia and Central Africa-futher down the south poles. Bitumouscoal-comprised of plant remians-coal found antartica and Austrlia
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Evidence for the theory plate tectonic-Magnetic *********
Cores are taken from deep sea drillings . When volanic rock soildifies magama lines up to magnetic field of the time-they flip every million years-magnetic polarity. Europe and North Amercia were 20 closer 20 million years ago
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Card 2
Front
Pangaea, Laurasia and Gondwana
Back
What was the large super continent called and the two sub contients
Card 3
Front
The coastlines of the continents match up
Back
Card 4
Front
Alfred became interested in pre-historic life-Mezzasourous lived in shallow fresh waters. However fossils have been found in South Amercia and Central Africa. The dinasour cannot fly and can't survive in salt water- obe big super continent
Back
Card 5
Front
The mountain ranges match up North East Amercia-Appalachian and North Amercia mountains-made up of the same type and age of rock.
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