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What is theory for fossils of tropical plants found on an island in the arctic ocean?
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∙ 10y ago
the theory called the "continental drift" hypothesized that all the continents were once a huge supercontinent but then eventually over time spread apart. this is ALFRED WEGENER (veh-gen-er) HYPOTHESIS IN 1910.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoAlfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift
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∙ 10y agoContinental Drift proposed by Alfred Wegener.
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∙ 11y agoThere are such things such as coral so that could be why there are fossils there.
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∙ 9y agoContinental drift
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∙ 9y agoevidence from climate
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How would Alfred wegener explain fossils of warm weather plants found on actic island?
He stated that the island had moved and gone underneath all of the other continents then surfaced in the Arctic, along with the plants fossils/ remains
True or false wegener knew that continental drift explained fossils of tropical plants?
true
Did wegener believe that continental drift explained fossils of tropical plants found in places that today have a polar climate?
Yes, he did!
What plants can't be found on a tropical island?
Plants of temperate climate such as Spruce, fir and Ginkgo etc.
What tropical plants can be found at arctic and antarctic polar region?
There are no tropical plans in either polar region: it's too cold for them to survive in those geographies.
Fossils of tropical plants found on an island in the Arctic Ocean are the evidence for Wegener's hypothesis of?
Continental drift
How would Alfred wegener explain fossils of warm weather plants found on actic island?
He stated that the island had moved and gone underneath all of the other continents then surfaced in the Arctic, along with the plants fossils/ remains
How do plant fossils and beds of coal support the idea that Antarctica once was warmer than it was today?
There are fossils of tropical plants there.
True or false wegener knew that continental drift explained fossils of tropical plants?
true
Beneath a forest in the high mountains of Canada scientists found rock layers that contained uncovered fossils of tropical plants. What can we conclude based on this information?
# It was sedimentary rock. # They were below the tree line. # The rock layer was exposed. # They were able to recognize tropical plants of ancient origin. # The fossils were once live plants at a time in which a tropical climate existed. # The climate is different now than it was at the time the fossil plants were alive. # The area where the fossils were found was once closer to the equator than it is now.
Can fossils of tropical plants be found in deserts?
It is possible and would indicate that at some time in the past the desert area was not a desert.
Did wegener believe that continental drift explained fossils of tropical plants found in places that today have a polar climate?
Yes, he did!
What plants can't be found on a tropical island?
Plants of temperate climate such as Spruce, fir and Ginkgo etc.
What tropical plants can be found at arctic and antarctic polar region?
There are no tropical plans in either polar region: it's too cold for them to survive in those geographies.
What evidence suggests the continents were once all together but the drifted apart?
smiliar fossils and plants, matching of the continents as a jig-saw puzzle, remaining of tropical plants
What kind of plants lived in the ice age?
Arctic brush, many kinds of tropical trees lived across the equator.
What Fossil discoveries best demonstrates a change in the Earth's climate?
Scientists find a large amount of fossils of tropical plants and animals in a desert
