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Vocabulary

 * Pangaea**: a supercontinent
 * Continental Drift**: the theory that the continents slowly drifted
 * Fossil**: any trace of an ancient organization preserved in rock

The Theory of Continental Drift

 * Wengner made hypothesis about continents
 * hypothesis is that continents drifted apart
 * hypothesis includes that the continents were once connected
 * finds evidence
 * evidence from landforms-mountain ranges,glacier deposits, coal beds
 * evidence from fossils
 * mesosaurus,lystrosaurus, glossopteris
 * evidence from climate
 * tropical plants in a place with a polar climate
 * galciers in South Africa

Scientists Reject Wegner's Theory

 * Wegner made a new theory of how mountians form
 * Wegner wasn't able to explain how the continents drifted

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