EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
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The land they are on was once closer to the equator.
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Heat from Earth’s interior made the climate warmer.
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Animals migrated from continent to continent.
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Earth was closer to the sun in ancient times.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did Wegener explain rain-forest fossils that are now found in arid or cold regions of Earth? The land they are on was once closer to the equator. Heat from Earth’s interior made the climate warmer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ancient fossils of the same species of extinct plants and animals are found in rocks of the same age but are on continents that are now widely separated (figure 3). Wegener proposed that the organisms had lived side by side, but that the lands had moved apart after they were dead and fossilized.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fossil Evidence One type of evidence that strongly supported the Theory of Continental Drift is the fossil record. Scientists have found fossils of similar types of plants and animals in rocks of similar age. These rocks were on the shores of different continents. This suggests that the continents were once joined.
Detailed explanation-4: -There needed to be a large amount of animals and plants for oil to form, suggesting that Antarctica use to have a warmer climate, therefore supporting Wegener’s theory as Antarctica would have been in a Warmer location when part of Pangaea.