How did Wegener explain why the same fossils were found on continents that have different climates today?
The continents had the same climate in the past and drifted apart to their current locations.
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How does Glossopteris provide evidence of Gondwana and continental drift?
Glossopteris fossils are found on different continents that are far apart from each other today.
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7) Wegener believed that the continents were assembled as part of a supercontinent about ____ years ago. Wegener creรญa que los continentes estaban encastrados como partes de un supercontinente hace unos ____ de aรฑos.
250 million (millones)
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A lack of explanation for continental drift prevented many scientists from accepting that a single supercontinent called ____ once existed. La ausencia de una explicaciรณn para la deriva continental impedรญa que muchos cientรญficos aceptaran
A. Glomar, B. Glossopteris C. Pangaea D. Wedener
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(T/F) Some early mapmakers thought that the coastline of South America matched the coastline of Asia. Algunos cartรณgrafos antiguos pensaban que la costa de Sudamรฉrica coincidรญa con la costa de Asia.
False
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(T/F) Scientists at the time rejected Wegenerโs hypothesis of continental drift because he could not explain how or why Earthโs continents move Los cientรญficos de la รฉpoca rechazaron la hipรณtesis de la deriva continental de Wegener porque
True
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What could explain why Antarctica has climate evidence of a swamp plants
At one time the continent of Antarctica was in a region of Earth that had a tropical climate, then slowly moved to its current location.
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Which of the continents would not support Glossopteris growth today?
Antarctica
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How did Wegener use fossils to support his continental drift hypothesis?
The same fossils were found on several continents that fit together like puzzle pieces.
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The presence of the same _____ on several continents supports the hypothesis of continental drift. La presencia de _____ iguales en varios continentes respalda la hipรณtesis de la deriva continental.
fossils (fรณsiles) & rocks (rocas)
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Matching ____ on different continents are evidence for continental drift. Las similitudes entre ____ de continentes diferentes son evidencia de la deriva continental.