In the early 1900's Alfred Wegener proposed the idea that continents move. Which line of evidence below was NOT used to support his original continental drift hypothesis? Group of answer choices The continents appear to fit together Similar rock types and structures are found on different continents Paleoclimate evidence supported the idea that the continents were once in a different configuration. (paleoclimate = the climate of a past geologic time) The widespread distribution of fossils such as the Mesosaurus Magnetic sea-floor stripes have been recorded
In the early 1900's Alfred Wegener proposed the idea that continents move. Which line of evidence below was NOT used to support his original continental drift hypothesis? Group of answer choices The continents appear to fit together Similar rock types and structures are found on different continents Paleoclimate evidence supported the idea that the continents were once in a different configuration. (paleoclimate = the climate of a past geologic time) The widespread distribution of fossils such as the Mesosaurus Magnetic sea-floor stripes have been recorded
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In the early 1900's Alfred Wegener proposed the idea that continents move. Which line of evidence below was NOT used to support his original continental drift hypothesis?
Group of answer choices
The continents appear to fit together
Similar rock types and structures are found on different continents
Paleoclimate evidence supported the idea that the continents were once in a different configuration. (paleoclimate = the climate of a past geologic time)
The widespread distribution of fossils such as the Mesosaurus
Magnetic sea-floor stripes have been recorded
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