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Lesson 1 Student Notes:
Albert Wegener & Continental Drift

1. _________________________ = one of Earth's main land masses.

2. Alfred Wegener hypothesized that all of the modern-day continents had

previously been clumped together in a supercontinent he called
_______________________.

3. Wegener’s theory of _____________________________________________ was the idea that

the continents move over time. Wegener based his theory on the following
three pieces of evidence:
1. ___________________________
2. ____________________________
3. ____________________________

4. Which two continents did Alfred Wegener think looked like they fit together
like puzzle pieces?

_____________________________________ and ______________________________________

5. Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift was widely disbelieved by fellow

scientists at the time because he was NOT able to…

_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
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 Teacher Answer Key
Lesson 1 Student Notes:
Albert Wegener & Continental Drift
1. Continent
2. Pangaea
3. Continental Drift
-Same coastal outlines that seemed to fit together like puzzle pieces
-Same fossils discovered on different continents
-Same geologic formations on different continents
4. South America and Africa
5. Provide an explanation for how or why the continents moved over time.

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