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Earth's Layers 3

6th Grade Science: Unit 5 - Continental Drift / Wegener

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Who is the German meteorologist, wrote a hypothesis about continental drift? Alfred Wegener
Other scientist did not believe Wegener because there was not what? evidence to explain how the continents could move
Wegener found evidence of ___________ on different continents identical fossils (fossil evidence to support his theory of continental drift)
Wegener found evidence of the same _____ on different continents geological features (rock formation evidence) for example, the Appalachian Mountain Ranges are similar in North American and Europe
Wegener found deep scratches from ______ in South America glaciers (glacial evidence / climate evidence)
Wegener found _____ trees in Spitsbergen, _____. – tropical plants (like ferns and cycads) Norway (plant evidence / climate evidence)
What is the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago called? Pangaea
Descirbe Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift The continents were once joined together in a single landmass
Name 3 types of evidence Wegener used to support his theory 1) landforms 2) fossils 3) climate NOT human remains NOT soil
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