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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.

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1 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.

2 PangaeaLaurasiaEurasiaEuropeAsia North America Gondwana South America AfricaIndiaAntarcticaAustralia

3 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

4 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.

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


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