EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
Question
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the mountains on these continents have similar rocks of the same age
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these continents appear to fit together like pieces of a puzzle
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similar fish live in the ocean off the coasts of these continents
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he same kind of fossils have been found on these continents
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Detailed explanation-1: -To him, the presence of identical fossil species along the coastal parts of Africa and South America was the most compelling evidence that the two continents were once joined.
Detailed explanation-2: -The evidence for continental drift included the fit of the continents; the distribution of ancient fossils, rocks, and mountain ranges; and the locations of ancient climatic zones.
Detailed explanation-3: -They based their idea of continental drift on several lines of evidence: fit of the continents, paleoclimate indicators, truncated geologic features, and fossils.
Detailed explanation-4: -The matching of continents, rocks of the same age across oceans, tillite, placer deposits, and fossil distribution are all Evidence of Continental Drift Theory.