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Which of the following provides evidence for how the plates once fit together?

Complementary coastlines (correct)

Chains of volcanic islands

Glaciers

Fossils

What do fossils tell us about past plate movement?

When and where plants and animals once existed (correct)

How glaciers formed

How continents reconnected

How chains of volcanic islands formed

What happened to some life as continents reconnected?

It dispersed to new areas (correct)

It formed chains of volcanic islands

It became isolated and evolved into new species

It formed complementary coastlines

What were some of the first clues that scientists used to reconstruct past plate movement?

Fossils found in areas separated by vast distances Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a source of evidence used to reveal how the plates once fit together?

Volcanic islands Signup and view all the answers

What is one way in which life dispersed to new areas as continents reconnected?

Through the narrowing of oceans Signup and view all the answers

What do fossils tell us about past plate movement?

When and where plants and animals once existed Signup and view all the answers

What were some of the first clues that scientists used to reconstruct past plate movement?

Identical or similar fossils found in separated areas Signup and view all the answers

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Which of the following provides evidence for how the plates once fit together?

What do fossils tell us about past plate movement?

What happened to some life as continents reconnected?

What were some of the first clues that scientists used to reconstruct past plate movement?

Which of the following is NOT a source of evidence used to reveal how the plates once fit together?

What is one way in which life dispersed to new areas as continents reconnected?

What do fossils tell us about past plate movement?

What were some of the first clues that scientists used to reconstruct past plate movement?

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The Dynamic World

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Questions and Answers

Which of the following provides evidence for how the plates once fit together?

What do fossils tell us about past plate movement?

What happened to some life as continents reconnected?

What were some of the first clues that scientists used to reconstruct past plate movement?

Which of the following is NOT a source of evidence used to reveal how the plates once fit together?

What is one way in which life dispersed to new areas as continents reconnected?

What do fossils tell us about past plate movement?

What were some of the first clues that scientists used to reconstruct past plate movement?

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