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Similar fossils have been found at the bottom of the ocean and on land.
Similar fossils have been found at the bottom of the ocean and on land.
The continents fit together like a puzzle.
The continents fit together like a puzzle.
New oceanic crust formed between the northern and southern continents, pushing them apart.
New oceanic crust formed between the northern and southern continents, pushing them apart.
Contraction of the Earth caused folded mountains to form.
Contraction of the Earth caused folded mountains to form.
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Alfred Wegener cited several pieces of evidence to support his hypothesis of continental drift, and among the options you provided, the one he specifically noted is:
The continents fit together like a puzzle.
Wegener proposed that the continents were once connected and could fit together based on their shapes, and he used this observation as part of his argument for continental drift.
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