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5 Cards in this Set
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Continental Drift
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The continents had moved away and broke apart from eachother.
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Pangaea
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"All Lands" meaning all of the continents were connected.
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Panthalassa
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"All Seas meaning All the seas were connected and surrounded Pangaea.
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Mesosarurus
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A small extinct reptile that lived 270 mya had already been found in both eastern south america and west Africa. Wegener knew it was impossible for those reptiles to swim all the way across the
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Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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An under-sea mountain range with a steep, narrow valley running down the center.
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