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Which scientist used identical plant fossils found in coal beds of Europe and US to support the idea that all continents were once connected during the Pennsylvanian Period?
Which scientist used identical plant fossils found in coal beds of Europe and US to support the idea that all continents were once connected during the Pennsylvanian Period?
What type of evidence did Antonio Snider Pellegrini use to support his idea of continental drift?
What type of evidence did Antonio Snider Pellegrini use to support his idea of continental drift?
Which scientist described how plants in Late Paleozoic coal beds of India, Australia, South Africa, and South America were all similar?
Which scientist described how plants in Late Paleozoic coal beds of India, Australia, South Africa, and South America were all similar?
What type of evidence did Edward Seuss use to support the idea of continental drift?
What type of evidence did Edward Seuss use to support the idea of continental drift?
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What type of fossils could only be explained by continental drift?
What type of fossils could only be explained by continental drift?
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Which period did Antonio Snider Pellegrini believe all continents were once connected based on identical plant fossils found in coal beds of Europe and US?
Which period did Antonio Snider Pellegrini believe all continents were once connected based on identical plant fossils found in coal beds of Europe and US?
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What is the name of the scientist who described how plants in Late Paleozoic coal beds of India, Australia, South Africa, and South America were all similar?
What is the name of the scientist who described how plants in Late Paleozoic coal beds of India, Australia, South Africa, and South America were all similar?
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What type of evidence did Edward Seuss use to support the idea of continental drift?
What type of evidence did Edward Seuss use to support the idea of continental drift?
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What type of fossils could only be explained by continental drift?
What type of fossils could only be explained by continental drift?
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Which scientist used identical plant fossils found in coal beds of Europe and US to support the idea that all continents were once connected during the Pennsylvanian Period?
Which scientist used identical plant fossils found in coal beds of Europe and US to support the idea that all continents were once connected during the Pennsylvanian Period?
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Antonio Snider-Pellegrini
- Used identical plant fossils found in coal beds of Europe and the US to support the idea of continental drift
- Believed all continents were once connected during the Pennsylvanian Period
Edward Suess
- Described how plants in Late Paleozoic coal beds of India, Australia, South Africa, and South America were all similar
- Used evidence of similar fossils and geological formations on different continents to support the idea of continental drift
Continental Drift Evidence
- Fossil evidence of the same species found on continents now separated by vast oceans can only be explained by continental drift
- Fossils of land-dwelling animals that migrated from one continent to another over millions of years, only possible if continents were once connected
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Test your knowledge on plate tectonics and the evidence of plate movement. Can you recognize and explain the different pieces of evidence? Quiz yourself and summarize the Tectonics Theory in this interactive quiz!
