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**1.3 Drifting Continents**
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Vocabulary:

 * continental drift:**Wegner's idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface became known as continental drift
 * fossil**:is any trace of an ancient living organism that has been preserved in a rock
 * Pangaea**:all lands

Outline
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Theory of the Continental Drift

 * In 1910 Wegener proposed of a hypothesis.It was about Pangea,a singlelandmass that existed 225 million years ago.He supported his idea with evidence from landforms,fossils, and climate.


 * Evidence from landforms
 * Evidence from fossils
 * Evidence from climate

Scientists Reject Wegener's Theory

 * Wegener couldn't provide a satisfactory explanation for the force that pushes or pulls the continents.