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Tectonic Plates
Science chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wegener's hypothesis what is it? | All the continents had once been joined as a single landmass and have drifted away. |
| Wegener gathered evidence from scientific fields, to suppourt continental drift what are they | Fossils, climate, land features |
| Wegener couldn't find satisfactory explanation for what? | what pushes and pulls the continents |
| Continental Drift | continents slowly moved over the earth's surface |
| Pangaea | The supercontinent, all the land in the world |
| Fossil | Any trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock |
| Glossopteris | Fern like plant, 250 million years ago |