As a young scientist, Wegener was curious about Earth’s continents. As a young scientist, Wegener was curious about Earth’s continents

As a young scientist, Wegener was curious about Earth’s continents.

• As a young scientist, Wegener was curious about Earth’s continents.

• In 1910, Mr. Wegener formed a hypothesis which stated all the continents were once joined together in a giant landmass.

• He named this landmass PANGAEA.

1.Evidence from landforms

• 1.Evidence from landforms

• 2.Evidence from fossils

• 3.Evidence from climate

The shapes of the continents seemed to fit together.

• The shapes of the continents seemed to fit together.

• Mountain ranges and other features also lined up.

Fossils from one continent matched fossils from other continents.

• Fossils from one continent matched fossils from other continents.

• Wegener used both plant and animal fossils.

Wegener looked at certain areas on Earth and their climates

• Wegener looked at certain areas on Earth and their climates

• He noted that the fossils he found on certain sections of Earth did not match the current climate

• Glacier scratches in S. Africa