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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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Fossils of tropical plants found on an island in the Arctic Ocean are the evidence for Wegener's hypothesis of?

continental drift, which states that continents were once connected in a supercontinent called Pangaea and have since drifted apart. The presence of tropical plant fossils in the Arctic suggests that the island was once located in a different, warmer climate, supporting the idea that continents have moved over time.


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.


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.


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.


True or false wegener knew that continental drift explained fossils of tropical plants?

True. Alfred Wegener, the scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift, used the distribution of fossils of tropical plants across continents as evidence to support his idea that the continents were once connected. This was one of the key pieces of evidence Wegener used to support his theory.


Why do plants and animals do not become fossils?

why do you think many animals and plants did not become fossils


What are some tropical plants in Antarctica?

Antarctica is polar: tropical plants grow in the tropics. There are no tropical plants in Antarctica.