Fossils and Plate Tectonics Quick Check

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What did Alfred Wegener try to prove with fossil evidence?(1 point)
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that Earth is almost 5 billion years old
that Earth is almost 5 billion years old

that Earth once had no continents
that Earth once had no continents

that Earth's landmasses move over time
that Earth's landmasses move over time

that Earth is round, not flat
that Earth is round, not flat
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Answer 1

Alfred Wegener used fossil evidence to support his theory that Earth's landmasses move over time. He proposed that continents were once joined together in a supercontinent known as Pangaea and have since drifted apart.