Ch. 4-2: Restless Continents Notes Wegner believed that the continents were once all connected. His...
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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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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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• Magnetic minerals are part of molten rock at mid-ocean ridges that provide evidence for magnetic reversals.
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Normal Polarity Reverse Polarity
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Ch. 4-2: Restless Continents Notes
• Wegner’s 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