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How fossils play a role in understanding pangaea and the continental drift?
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∙ 12y ago
because when Pangea moved the animals all ready migrated so when they died there bones were still there
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Are fossils evidence of continental drift?
Yes.
How can fossils be clues to the continental drift?
Solar winds.
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.
What is the name of the ancient super continent which is part of the continental drift theory?
Pangaea .
What is the evidence against continental drift?
They are plants, Rock, and fossils
Why were the fossils of Mesosaurus and Glossopteris important finds?
because it is one of the facts that prove the theries of continental drift and Pangaea
What effect did the continental drift have on Pangaea?
Continental drift split Pangaea into smaller parts, eventually forming the globe as it is today.
What caused pangaea to separte?
Continental Drift caused pangaea to seperate.
What is the theory of pangaea called?
The theory of Pangaea is called the continental drift theory. It proposes that Earth's continents were once joined together in a single large landmass that later broke apart and drifted into their current positions.
When did the continental drift of Pangaea occur?
1915.
What effect did continental drift have on pangaea?
Check
What are the stages of the breakup of pangaea?
The Continental drift
What is another name for the Pangaea theory?
continental drift
What natural forces affected the changes to Pangaea?
Continental Drift
Are fossils evidence of continental drift?
Yes.
33 What was the name of the floral fossils Wegener used for the idea of continental drift?
The name of the floral fossils Wegner used for the idea of continental drift was glossopteris. Alfred Wegner used the continental drift as a way to explain the continental shapes.
Did Alfred wegener later call the continental drift pangaea?
Yes
