| A | B |
|---|
| fossil | preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past |
| continental drift | the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface |
| Pangaea | the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents |
| Alfred Wegener | thought that the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart |
| evidence from land features | - Africa and South America line up - coal fields in Europe and North America line up |
| evidence from fossils | -Glossopteris - Mesosaurus & Lystrosaurus |
| evidence from climate | tropical plants were found on an island in the Arctic Ocean |
| Wegener's hypothesis was | rejected |
