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Continental Drift Theory Notes - Teacher Copy Alfred Wegener Proposed the Continental Drift Theory - The idea that Earth’s continents ___moved apart______from a single large continent called ____Pangea_______. His theory was ___rejected_____________ by most other scientists. He could not explain “how” the continents ____moved______. Pangaea was a _term for the super continent which contained all the plates together__. Wegener’s Evidence 1. Fossil evidence 2. Continental Fit 3. Glacial evidence 4. Land forms & Rock layers Fossil Evidence Fossils of the same species were found on ____separate_________ continents. Fossils found didn’t fit the ____climate____. Glacial Evidence Striations show the ice flowing from the glaciers came from __Single Evidence of glaciers is found in warm climates today___. Evidence of glaciers is found in _____warm climates_______ today. Continental Fit These two continents fit like puzzle pieces. __South America _&___Africa__ Landforms and Rock Evidence Similar types of: Appalachian mountains matched British Isles. Similar types of rocks & their ages found in Europe, North America, and Africa Coal fields in North America & Europe match