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How did Alfred Wegener use rock and fossil evidence to support his hypothesis-?
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∙ 9y ago
Wegener used the fit of the continents, the distribution of fossils, a similar sequence of rocks at numerous locations, ancient climates, and the apparent wandering of the Earth's polar regions to support his idea.
http://kids.earth.NASA.gov/archive/pangaea/evidence.html
in other words rock types and ages
Rock types and ages.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 9y agoAlfred Wegener used the fit of continents, distribution of fossils, a similar sequence of the rocks at numerous locations, the ancient climates, and apparent wandering of the Earth's polar regions to support his idea.
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Which type of evidence was not used by Alfred wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis human remains
Why was Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift not taken seriously by most geologists?
Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift not taken seriously
What is Alfred Wegener's hypothesis about the continents?
Alfred's hypothesis was that all the continents were a big land mass which he called Pangaea because if you see a world map it is like a jigsaw puzzle and other evidence is that some animal fossils were on other continents. Also the same rock range was found on different continents.
What did Alfred Wegener use for evidence?
magma
Is it true that Alfred wegener provided evidence from landforms fossils and climate to support his theory of the shrinking earth?
true
Which type of evidence was not used by Alfred wegener to support his continental hypothesis?
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis human remains
Which type of evidence was not used by Alfred wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis human remains
What types of evidence was used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
human remains
Who was the person that that made a hypothesis of continental drift?
It was Alfred Wegener but other scientists did not believe him but he found evidence
Why was Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift not taken seriously by most geologists?
Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift not taken seriously
What is Alfred Wegener known for?
His hypothesis of continental drift
Why was Wegener's hypothesis reject?
Alfred Wegener couldn't describe how the plate tectonics moved. So, scientists rejected his hypothesis.
What is Alfred Wegener's hypothesis about the continents?
Alfred's hypothesis was that all the continents were a big land mass which he called Pangaea because if you see a world map it is like a jigsaw puzzle and other evidence is that some animal fossils were on other continents. Also the same rock range was found on different continents.
What kind of information or items or items did Alfred Wegener use to support his theory?
hypothesis
What scientist had a hypothesis of the giant contenet Pangaea?
Alfred wegener
How did other geologist's feel about Alfred wegener's hypothesis?
i am not sure
The man who pioneered the continental drift hypothesis was?
Alfred Wegener
