CSTC+1.3

toc

Vocabulary

 * Pangaea**-means "all the lands" Supercontinent existed 300 million years ago


 * Continental Drift**- the movement of continents over time


 * Fossil**-trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock

= = Outline

= =

Summary
-Africa and South America looks like they could fit together

-1910/ Wegener - hypothesis of single land was Pangaea -supported ideas with the study of landforms, fossils, and climate -evidence from landforms -evidence from fossils -evidence from climate -used mountains -from Africa and South America -coal fields -common found on distant continents -continents today have very different climate from millions of years ago
 * Theory of Continental Drift**

-doesn't have proof how the continents drifted apart
 * Scientists Reject Wegener's Theory**