Name______________________ Continental Drift Evidence Geographic Evidence: Put in If in the box if you think those continents look like “F” they were once connected. How many possible connections did you find based on geographic fit? Based on this evidence alone, can you say for sure that the continents were once connected? Explain. Can you tell the continents may have been connected? If not, what when evidence would you need to collect to find out. Analysis Questions: The Mystery of the Far-Flung Fossils A. On the basis of what you found in the red rocks (300 mya), which continents had similar fossils? B. From this fossil evidence which continents seem to have been connected 300 million years ago? Why? A. On the basis of what you found in the yellow rocks (200 mya) which continents had similar fossils?
Name______________________ Continental Drift Evidence Geographic Evidence: Put in “F” If in the box if you think those continents look like they were once connected. How many possible connections did you find based on geographic fit? Based on this evidence alone, can you say for sure that the continents were once connected? Explain. Can you tell when the continents may have been connected? If not, what evidence would you need to collect to find out. Analysis Questions: The Mystery of the Far-Flung Fossils A. On the basis of what you found in the red rocks (300 mya), which continents had similar fossils? B. From this fossil evidence which continents seem to have been connected 300 million years ago? Why? A. On the basis of what you found in the yellow rocks (200 mya) which continents had similar fossils?
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