Plate Tectonics

Where did Wegener find climatic evidence in the form of glacial deposits?

Name this team.

When did new technologies finally reveal more evidence about how continents move?

What is the name of the supercontinent that is Greek for all the earth?

Who first propsed the idea of moving continents?

Name this athlete.

Advances in what two things helped explain how continents move?

What is the idea of the continents spreading apart across the oceans called?

135 million years ago, what two continents were beginning to separate?

In which mountains did Wegener observe rocks that were similar to rocks in other countries?

What was some of the data that Wegener collected to support his hypothesis?

Wegner had a strong background in meteorology.

What type of fossil did Wegener use to support continental drift?

Antarctica once had a tropical climate.

What was a major flaw that prevented the idea of continental drift from being widely accepted?