MLEG1.3

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Vocabulary
Pangea: an "all land" continent - a super continent that existed 300 million years ago. Continental drift: the movement of continents over time. Fossil: trace of an organism that has been preserved in rock.

Outline
Topic=Drifting Continents

Summary - Africa and South America look like they fit together like a puzzle. Theory of continental drift: 1910/ Wagenar hypothesis of single landmass/ Pangea suppported ideas with the study of landforms, fossils, and climate evidence from landforms=used mountains, Africa, and South America evidence from fossils= coal fields, common fossils found at distant country evidence from climate= continents today have very different climates than million of years ago Scientists reject Wagener's theory: couldn't prove how continents drifted