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