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Name a fossil that was found on different continents and was used to support the theory of continental drift.
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∙ 12y agofossils helped the thought of continetal drift by how some species were in total opposite parts of the world
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∙ 11y ago1 mesosaur 2 cygnonathus 3 glossopteris 4 lystrosaurus
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∙ 7y agomesosaurus is the fossil.
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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.
What was the name of the floral fossils Wegener used for the idea of continental drift?
Glossopteris
How do fossils support the idea of continental drift?
same fossils in diferent places show that they were all connected once.
The presence of the same on several continents supports the idea of continental drift?
fossils and rocks.
Describe the sequence of events that led scientists to finally accept the idea of continental drift?
the first thing that happened was the scientists accepted the fossils then the fossils were formed, finally the fossils were made
What is an example of evidence from landforms that supported Wegener's idea of continental drift?
The same fossils found on different sides of the ocean.
Who was the scientist who proposed the idea of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener proposed the idea of continental drift in 1915
Can you describe 3 clues that support the idea of continental drift?
shapes of the continents fit together. fossils of same dinosaur are found in different continents. same plant fossils in different continents.
How can continental drift be used in a sentence?
The idea of continental drift has been subsumed by the theory of plate tectonics.
What supported wegeners idea of continetal drift?
fossils,rocks and climate
Idea that contineents have moved horizontally through the seafloor to their current locations?
the theory would be called Continental drift.
Who came up with the idea of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
