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Continental Drift Is this SERIOUSLY happening????

The First Theory: Continental Drift Key ideas from this show: 1. Who was Alfred Wegener and what did he hypothesize? 2. Describe the four pieces of evidence Wegener used to support his theory.

Close examination of a globe results in the observation that most of the continents seem to fit together like a puzzle. For example, the west African coastline seems to snuggle nicely into the east coast of South America and the Caribbean sea.

In 1915 Alfred Wegener proposed: all the continents were once compressed into a single protocontinent called Pangaea (meaning "all lands") over time they drifted apart into their current distribution Pangaea was intact until about 300 million years ago, then began to break up 1.hj/pics/Wegener-w.jpg Wegener was a German meteorologist who also was an explorer in Greenland. He died there in his tent while travelling to relieve a group of scientists who were without enough food.

Pangaea: approximately 300 million years ago

Wegener had four main pieces of evidence. 1. The jigsaw fit of the continents, especially South America and Africa Making Connections: Canada’s Geography. Clark & Wallace. Prentice Hall Ginn, 1999.

2. Fossils that were the same on both sides of the Atlantic At a certain point, the fossils begin to show different evolution on the different continents, suggesting they were geographically separated. Making Connections: Canada’s Geography. Clark & Wallace. Prentice Hall Ginn, 1999.

3. Geologic evidence: mountains have the same age and structure on both sides of Atlantic Making Connections: Canada’s Geography. Clark & Wallace. Prentice Hall Ginn, 1999.

4. Ice sheets covered parts of Africa, India, Australia and South America 250 million years ago. How could this happen in places that are so warm today? Making Connections: Canada’s Geography. Clark & Wallace. Pearson, India? Glaciated??!! Huh?!

Click HERE to see a great animation of the spreading of the Atlantic Ocean.HERE