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    The theory of continental drift states that continents moved horizontally to their current locations. Alfred Wegener believed that all continents were once connected as one supercontinent called Pangaea about 200 million years ago. There are three pieces of evidence that support continental drift: the shapes of continents fit together, matching rock formations and fossils are found across continents, and continental shelves and mountain ranges line up and are composed of the same materials.

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    The theory of continental drift states that continents moved horizontally to their current locations. Alfred Wegener believed that all continents were once connected as one supercontinent called Pangaea about 200 million years ago. There are three pieces of evidence that support continental drift: the shapes of continents fit together, matching rock formations and fossils are found across continents, and continental shelves and mountain ranges line up and are composed of the same materials.

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    The theory of continental drift states that continents moved horizontally to their current locations. Alfred Wegener believed that all continents were once connected as one supercontinent called Pangaea about 200 million years ago. There are three pieces of evidence that support continental drift: the shapes of continents fit together, matching rock formations and fossils are found across continents, and continental shelves and mountain ranges line up and are composed of the same materials.

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    Module F

    Lesson 3
    Exploration 1
    Analyzing Continental Data
    Theory of Continental Drift
    -The theory of
    ________________
    continental drift states that
    continents moved horizontally
    ___________
    to current locations
    -Alfred Wegener
    ________ believed all
    continents
    __________ were once
    connected as one large landmass
    Pangaea
    (________) that broke apart
    about ___________
    200 million years ago
    Continental Observations

    3 pieces of continental evidence are:


    ● Continentes looked as if they could fit together.
    ○ People noticed that some continents, such as Africa and
    South America, looked as if they could fit together.
    ● Rocks and landforms of the same ages and compositions
    on different continents were discovered by Explorers
    ● Fossils of the same plants and animals were found across
    continents.
    Fossil Data

    ● Fossils are the traces or remains of organisms that lived


    long ago.
    ● Fossils can give us clues about what the environment was
    like when the organism was alive.
    ○ Fish fossils indicate that an aquatic environment existed.
    ○ Palm leaf fossils mean a tropical environment existed.

    ● Scientists have found fossils of trees and dinosaurs in


    Antarctica, so the climate there must have been warmer in
    the past.
    Landform Data
    ● A continental shelf is the edge of a continent that is
    underwater. Just past the edge of the shelf is a steep drop-off
    into the deep ocean.
    ● The continental shelves of North America, South America, Europe,
    and Africa seem to line up like a puzzle
    ● The rocks that make up these mountains have been analyzed by
    geologists. It was found that many of the rocks on the coast of
    North America, South America, Europe, and Africa are the same
    age and made up of the same materials.
    ● These pieces of evidence led to the conclusion that parts of these
    mountain ranges formed at the same time and in the same
    location.

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