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What features indicates that many continents were once near Earths South Pole?
A) glacial deposits
How are earths continents linked?
They were once together in a form called Pangea look at a map all the continents fit together like a puzzle
What continents were once joined with South America?
Africa
What is the hypothesis that proposed that earths continents were once joined in a single land mass?
Continental drift
What is the hypothesis that the continents move slowly over earths surface and once were joined into one supercontinent?
Continental drift.
Which continents were once referred to as the New World?
North and South America
What was Alfred wegeners project?
His project was to find out how or give an explication on how the continents are the same today and answer a question that another guy said the other guy said that the earths continents were once all together but that guy didn't know how to explain how it happens
Why do continents that are not currently near each other have similar fossils on their coast?
Presumably because they were once closer together
What is a word to describe a term once used to describe the continents of North America and South America?
Ponyo
What evidence does the continental drift have that the continents were once connected?
Evidence for continental drift includes the fit of continents like South America and Africa, similar rock formations and mountain ranges on different continents, and the distribution of fossils that were once found on now widely separated landmasses. These pieces of evidence suggest that the continents were once connected in a single landmass called Pangaea.
What are the evidence supporting the existence of Pangaea?
The continents appear to have once fit together (like South America and Africa). Also, there were similar fossils found on different continents.
Which continents were once referred as the New World?
North America and South America were called the New World. Australia was later added.
