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Based on an apparent fit between Africa and South America Wegener hypothesized that at one time all continents were joined together in a "subcontinent" called Pangaea. The super-continent eventually broke into the smaller continental. which then "drifted" towards their present positions. Wegener supported his hypothesis by using circumstantial evidence, similar to the way that a detective would collect. evidence to solve a crime. There are four lines of evidence:

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Wegener's hypothesis was that all the continents were once joined together and have since drifted apart. Continents move because of plate tectonics. Over millions of years, the single land mass, Pangea, began to break apart. The pieces became our continents.

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The Answer hypothesis states that when rocks are deformed, they bend and then break, releasing stored energy.

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nothing really

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learn it in school

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calaca. ;}

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