1. Continental Drift
Chapter Pgs

2. Theory of Continental Drift
Alfred Wegener
Theory of Continental Drift
The man that came up with the Theory of Continental Drift
All the continents had once been joined together in a single landmass called Pangaea and have since drifted apart.
animation of pangaea

3. 3 kinds of evidence Wegener had to support his theory.
1. Matching landforms (mountains) in South Africa and Argentina.
2. Fossils of the same organisms found in patterns along different continents.

5. 3 kinds of evidence Wagener had to support his theory.
3. Parts of South America, India and Australia were once covered with ice. Climate

7. Pangaea animation

8. Wegener's missing evidence.
Pangaea video
Continental Drift Bill nye video
Unfortunately, Wegener could not provide a satisfactory explanation for the force that pushes or pulls the continents.
Wegener died before his theory was ever proved.