C.K.K.K.+1.3

toc =Section 3 (1-3) Drifting Continents=

Vocabulary
Pangaea- means "all lands"- a super continent exisisted 300 million years ago. continental drift- the movement of continents over time. fossil- trace of ancient organism preserved in rock.

Summary
Africa and South America look like they fit together

Theory of continental drift

 * 1910/Wegener
 * hypothesis of single land mass/Pangaea
 * supported idea with the study of landforms, fossils, and climate
 * evidence from fossils- common fossils found on distant continents
 * evidence from landforms- mountains- Africa and South America coal fields
 * evidence from climate- continents today have very different climate from millions of years ago
 * Scientists reject Wegeners theory
 * could not prove how continents drifted