Scientist
I suggested that the Earth's continents were drifting
Who is Alfred Wegener?
These 2 coasts looked like puzzle pieces to Alfred Wegener
What are Western Africa and South America?
This continent was joined together as a supercontinent around 225 million years ago.
What is Pangaea?
One type of evidence that strongly supported the Theory of Continental Drift
What is the fossil record?
Alfred Wegener is from this country
What is Germany?
Discovered along the coasts of Africa and South America
What are identical plant and animal fossils?
These were the names of the supercontinents during the Triassic period
What is Laurasia and Gondwanaland?
Fossils of Mesosaurus, a freshwater reptile have been found in these 2 countries.
What is Brazil and western Africa?
Alfred Wegener's occupation.
What is a meteorologist?
The matching shapes of the Atlantic coastlines support evidence for the Continental drift theory.
What is the fit of the coastlines?
The present day continents that were called Laurasia during the Triassic period
What are Asia and North America?
A collection of fossils that document the history of life on Earth
What is the fossil record?
Alfred Wegener's biggest problem explaining his theory
What is how the continents could move through the ocean?
Geological evidence that appears to continue from Africa into the Americas
What is geological formations?
The Atlantic ocean is widening due to magma coming up through cracks in the ocean floor
What is sea floor spreading?
Fossils provide important evidence for these theories.
What is evolution, adaptation, and continental drift?
The scientist who held the theory of Continental drift in the 1920's and 1930's
Who is DuToit?
These formed millions of years ago, before the continents separated. They formed from the same minerals and under the same conditions
What are identical rocks?
Explains the Earth's plates movement
What is plate tectonics?
Fossil Evidence is a strong piece of evidence that supports this theory
What is continental drift?