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Section 1.3
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Vocabulary

 * Pangaea** -means "all land" a super continent


 * continental drift** -the movement of continents over times


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

Outline
T= Drifting Continents

- Africa and South America look like they fit together
 * Summary**

-1910/ Wegner's hypothesis was that today's continents were once a single landmass, which he called Pangaea -he supported his idea with the study of landforms, fossils and climates -evidence of landforms - said mountains were a result when landforms collided they crumpled up -evidence from fossils - found fossils common to each other on distant continents - found fossils of tropical plants in a now- freezing island -evidence from climates - continents today have very different climates from many years ago
 * The Theory of Continental Drift**

-couldn't prove how continents drifted
 * Scientists Reject Wegners theory**