GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Wegener used fossil evidence to support his continental drift hypothesis. The fossils of these organisms are found on lands that are now far apart. Grooves and rock deposits left by ancient glaciers are found today on different continents very close to the equator.

Detailed explanation-2: -The four pieces of evidence for the continental drift include continents fitting together like a puzzle, scattering ancient fossils, rocks, mountain ranges, and the old climatic zones’ locations.

Detailed explanation-3: -He used fossil evidence, such as that of tropical plants found on the Arctic island of Spitzbergen. He found large-scale geographic features that matched, like the Appalachian Mountains in the United States and the Scottish Highlands, as well as rock strata in South Africa that matched those in Brazil.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wegner’s Evidence for Continental Drift Evidence from fossilized organisms and mountain chains can be used to reconstruct the positions of today’s continents and landmasses to form the supercontinent Pangea. Glossopteris ferns had very heavy seeds that could not move by wind or drift on ocean currents.

Detailed explanation-5: -Continents fit like Puzzle Pieces. Fossils. Fossils-certain fossils preserved in rocks of the same age but from different continents. Ex. Coal Beds. Found fossils of trees that normally grow in temperate areas, but today are in a polar climate. Ex. Rocks. Rocks. Ex. Climate. Show full text.