Ch. 4-2: Restless Continents Notes Wegner believed that the continents were once all connected. His evidence for his hypothesis was fossils. He named the.

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Ch. 4-2: Restless Continents Notes Wegner believed that the continents were once all connected. His evidence for his hypothesis was fossils. He named the single landmass Pangaea.

PangaeaLaurasiaEurasiaEuropeAsia North America Gondwana South America AfricaIndiaAntarcticaAustralia

Magnetic minerals are part of molten rock at mid-ocean ridges that provide evidence for magnetic reversals. S SN N North Pole South Pole Normal PolarityReverse Polarity

Ch. 4-2: Restless Continents Notes Wegners hypothesis of continental drift states that all the continents were once connected and eventually separated. He named the single landmass Pangaea.

Pangaea Laurasia Gondwana North America Eurasia Africa South America India Antarctic Australia Europe Asia