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Question 1

What evidence of climate change on continents supports the theory of continental drift?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

signs that glaciers existed in South Africa

Question 2

Which coastlines most closely match each other and are, therefore, used as evidence to support Wegener’s theory?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Africa and South America

Question 3

Which three continents contain coal fields that provide evidence for continental drift?

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Antarctica, South America, and Africa

Question 4

On which continent were fossils of both Glossopteris and Lystrosaurus discovered?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Antarctica

Question 5

What name did Wegener give to the single large landmass composed of all continents?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Pangaea

Question 6

Which land feature supports the theory of continental drift?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

coal fields

Question 7

Which source of evidence did Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

fossils found on Earth

Question 8

What first caused people to consider that the continents were once one large landmass?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

continents looked like they fit together

Question 9

What is the name of the theory that explains why mountain ranges in Africa and South America line up?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

continental drift theory

Question 10

Which two continents contain fossils of Mesosaurus , an extinct reptile, in similar regions of Pangaea?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Africa and South America

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