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Unit Four:

Continental Drift. Alfred Wegener: CreatorFirst to Proposed Hypothesis, 1915Published The Origin of Continents and Oceans". Wegener's Continental Drift Hypothesis. Supercontinent called Pangaea" began breaking apart about 200 million years agoContinents Drifted" to present positionsContin

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Unit Four:

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    1. Unit Four: Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes (Oh My!)

    2. Continental Drift Alfred Wegener: Creator First to Proposed Hypothesis, 1915 Published “The Origin of Continents and Oceans”

    3. Wegener’s Continental Drift Hypothesis Supercontinent called “Pangaea” began breaking apart about 200 million years ago Continents “Drifted” to present positions Continents “Broke” through the ocean crust

    4. Evidence Used by Wegener Fit of South America and Africa Fossils Rock Structures Ancient Climates

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