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Continental Drift. Alfred Wegener: CreatorFirst to Proposed Hypothesis, 1915Published The Origin of Continents and Oceans". Wegener's Continental Drift Hypothesis. Supercontinent called Pangaea" began breaking apart about 200 million years agoContinents Drifted" to present positionsContin
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1. Unit Four: Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes (Oh My!)
2. Continental Drift Alfred Wegener: Creator
First to Proposed Hypothesis, 1915
Published The Origin of Continents and Oceans
3. Wegeners Continental Drift Hypothesis Supercontinent called Pangaea began breaking apart about 200 million years ago
Continents Drifted to present positions
Continents Broke through the ocean crust
4. Evidence Used by Wegener Fit of South America and Africa
Fossils
Rock Structures
Ancient Climates