Pangea
What did Alfred Wegener say the continents do?
The continents fit together like a puzzle.
How far does the continents move away from each other each year?
One inch
When would have Pangea start to split up?
200 million years ago
What was the name (first and last) of the person who made people think Pangea was plausible?
Alfred Wegener
What was the first evidence of proof?
The continents fit together like a puzzle.
What is Pangea?
Pangea was when all the continents were together.
What are the tectonic plates moving?
The tectonic plates are always moving an interacting in a process called plate tectonics.
When was Pangea around?
During the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
Was Alfred Wegener the only one apart of the congenital theory?
No.
How far does the continents move away from each other each year?
One inch.
What two countries were the most obvious to likely have been together?
America and Africa
How did the continents drift?
By plate tectonics.
Why do the continents move further from each other every year?
Because the continents being on a massive slabs of rock.
What was Alfred Wegener's supercontinent called?
Pangea.
What reptile was the mesosaurus?
How was Pangea formed?
Pangea was formed by being pushed together due to the movement of the Earth's plates away at rift zones.
How did they start to separate.
Rift of new material caused it to separate.
How far is Africa from South America?
6,122 mi
Where was Alfred Wegener from?
Germany
What type of dinosaur was found on the edge of South America and on the edge of Africa?
Mesosaurus.
How long ago would have Pangea been a thing.
270 million years ago
What are tectonic plates?
Pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
When did Pangea start to form?
300 million years ago.
What type of scientist was Alfred Wegener?
Meteorologist.
How was his theory mainly plausible?
The fossils found couldn't have been able to swim across.