Plate Tectonics Flashcards

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Alfred Wegners hypothesis…

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The continents were all joined together in one large mass and are slowly drifting apart.

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Alfred Wegners hypothesis is known as…

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Continental Drift.

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Wegners first evidence of Pangea was…

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That the continents fit together.

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Wegners second piece of evidence..

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Fossil findings align.

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Third piece of evidence…

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Rocks and mountains align.

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His last piece of evidence was that

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Paleoclimate paths align

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