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Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics Part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Continental Drift | The theory that all continents were once joined together in a single land mass and have since drifted apart |
| Pangea | "All Earth" or name given to the super continent that existed zoom years ago |
| Alfred Wegener (1915) | German geologist and meteorologist, proposed the theory of continental drift, and hypothesized a gigantic super continent |
| Evidence of Continental Drift | 1)Similarities in the shape of Africa's west coast and south America's east coast 2)Fossil remains of the mesosaurus were found in North and South America 3)Fossil remains of the glossopteris were found through India, South America, Africa, and Antartica |