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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.
What evidence supported hypothesis of continental drift?
Tropical fossils in Antarctica.
How are fossils used to show changes in Antarctica?
plant fossils (glossopteris) were found there.
The discovery of tropical plant and animal fossils in Antarctica support the idea that at one time this continent supported a climate?
If you go to google images and search Pangaea you will see that scientist guess that Antarctica was close to the equator.
How do plant fossils and bed of coal support the idea that Antarctica once was warmer that it is today?
Plant fossils and coal seams could only have formed if Antarctic had once been warmer (further north).
What are some tropical plants in Antarctica?
Antarctica is polar: tropical plants grow in the tropics. There are no tropical plants in Antarctica.
How does fossils show evidence of the changing surface and climate on the earth?
Because there were fossils of tropical plants in Antarctica. This means that Antarctica must have once been further South. And that itself proves that continents move. They also found coal in places like Antarctica, and coal only forms in tropical places.
How do plant fossils beds of coal support the idea that Antarctica once was warmer than it is today?
ther was alot of vegetation
Why does Antarctica not have any fossils today?
Antarctica does have dinosaur fossils! Dinos used to live there before the climate changed.
How do tropical plants grow in Antarctica?
There are no tropical plants in Antarctica. Antarctica is a polar continent and essentially nothing grows there.
What is 1 way you know that all the continents were connected at one point?
Pangea same rocks and animal fossils were found on many continents. There was a plant that grew on Africa and Antarctica at on point because the same plant fossils were found on those two continents
What evidence supports the hypothesis of continental drift?
Continental drift is a hypothesis so there is no actual proof or evidence of it, but rather opinions and views suggesting the possibility of it.
