Question

What 5 factors did Wegener use to support his theory?

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

**** The shape of the continents. He noticed that the coastlines of the continents could fit together, such a the outward curve of Africa matching the inward curve of South America.

************ He found an old paper discussing how fossils of similar plants and animals had been found on opposite sides of the Atlantic. He found a number of other examples of very similar organisms that had been found on completely different continents.

******************** Wegener found fossil evidence of animals and plants that could never have lived in the current conditions of the area where they were found. For example, tropical plant fossils have been discovered in the Arctic. This suggests that the climate had to be different there in the past, and this would be explained by the moving of the continents.

**********************He found that large land formations on one continent would match those of another continent. The Appalachian mountains can be matched with the Scottish Highlands, for example.

*************Wegener noticed that the rocks on some continents closely matched the rocks on completely different continents, suggesting the continents were at one time the same.

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