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Q: How can locations where ancient fossils are found be used as evidence for continental drift?
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What 5 pieces of evidence continental drift?

1) Continental Puzzle 2) Matching Fossils 3) Rock Types and Structures 4) Ancient Climates


Are fossils evidence of continental drift?

Yes.


How did fossil provide evidence for Continental drift?

It is any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.Fossils provided evidence for continental drift by Wegener's hypothesis. Wegener studied land features, fossils, and evidence of climate change.


What is the evidence against continental drift?

They are plants, Rock, and fossils


Name two types of evidence for continental drift and give examples of each type?

Plate tectonics and Pangaea you get evidence from ancient climate zones, land features, and fossils


What type of evidence for continental drift did Wegener's data include?

fossils and weather patterns


What evidence supported hypothesis of continental drift?

Tropical fossils in Antarctica.


How are fossils useful evidence of continental drift?

Fossil are important to the Continental drift because fossils were found in areas where they should not have been found. Like across the world.


How do the shaded areas on the map give evidence for continental drift?

It gives us evidence by finding the animals fossils their.


The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of .?

continental drift


What is the fact that similar fossils are found on the both sides of the ocean is evidence of?

continental drift


What was the preserved remains of ancient organisms called?

The preserved remains of animals of evidence of their existence are Fossils Fosssils that provide evidence about the past are called trace fossils.