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What was the first evidence that led people to think that the continents were once connected?
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The first evidence that led people to think that the continents were once connected because of earthquakes
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What continent is the island continent?
Both Australia and Antarctica are regarded as island continents. They are, first and foremost, continents, but because they are both surrounded by water, they are known as island continents.
Who first noticed how the continents fit together in 1911?
Alfred Wegener
What did Alfred Wegener study about Pangaea?
Alfred Wegener was the first to propose the concept of Pangaea, that all the continents were once one super continent. He noticed mountain ranges that seemed to continue past the ocean. He noticed that there were the same species of fossils on two different continents, of animals that would have had no way to travel over oceans. With these and other facts, he concluded that the continents must have at one time been connected to each other, and had moved away from each other, by a process he called Plate Tectonics.
Is it true or false geographers of the 1500 were the first to notice that some continents seem to fit together?
Yes
What is name of all the continents put together before if was named Pangaea?
Pangea is considered the first known supercontinent.
What was probably the first line of evidence that led some to suspect the continents where once connected?
The shapes of those continents, too many looked like they fitted together.
2 What was probably the first evidence that led some to suspect the continents were once connected?
Probably the first evidence was that the coastlines of Africa and South America seem to match up like puzzle pieces, and landscape features on the two continents also match.
What happened to change peoples old views and lead them to believe in continental drift?
Evidence such as the shape of continents and similar fossils found on various continents help demonstrate that some continents may have been connected. It took decades for many to accept the theory because the idea was first introduced in 1912.
What does it mean by the quote there is no evidence that the tongue is connected to the brain?
i personally have never heard it but i can infer that it probably means that there is no evidence because so often people speak without thinking first.
Why do you think people didnt believ his continental drift theory when wagener first explained it?
because he had no proof to show how the continents moved he only had bits of evidence that the continents might of been together one time but no explanation of how they moved
What is the Name of this Strait in the North Pacific that once connected these two continents and allowed for Native Americans to be the first people of the continent?
Bering Strait. They weren't Native Americans, however, they were people from the Kamchatka Peninsula; from the nation of Rus, or Russians.
What suggested to early cartographers that the continents were once joined?
The continent pieces fit together as if they where a puzzle. If you look at South America and Africa it seems that they could have once been connected.Fossil evidence in different countries implies that they may have once been joined. The fossils of large birds are the same implying that there was a common ancestor to large flightless modern birds that are separated on different continents.Mid ocean ridges are spreading the ocean floors apart. The age of the rocks on the bottom of the ocean shows that the plates that the continents are on are moving apart.Finally, the most compelling evidence is to do with the magnetism of the rocks. As the lava cools the ferromagnetic material in some rocks lines up with the Earth's magnetic poles. When these rocks move they are no longer lined up to the Earth's current magnetic poles, they produce anomalies in the magnetic readings. These rocks reveal their latitude of where they were when they cooled.
Who were the first people on the American continents to develop an empire?
Red Indians
Who were the first people to develop an empire on the American continents?
Red Indians
How did the dinosaurs become distributed on all continents?
Dinosaurs first evolved when all the continents were joined together as Pangaea. When the continents split up, they already lived on all of them. At times, land bridges connected continents, such as Asia or Europe to North America, during which times dinosaurs from each continent would spread to the other.
Who were the first people to live in America?
Native Americans
What are two forms of evidence used to support the continental drift theory?
The first one is fossils and the second is the unusual jigsaw puzzle of the continents when they were put together.
