Evidence Supporting the Theory Of Continental Drift

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Across
  1. 3. America and Africa
  2. 6. this piece of evidence explains why palm tree fossils have been found in very cold regions of the Earth
  3. 8. the layer of the Earth which is believed to be responsible for plate movement
  4. 11. evidence of dead plants and animals
  5. 12. Evidence Striations show the ice flowing from the glaciers came from single paint.Evidence of glaciers is found in warm climate today
  6. 14. scrapes across rocks where a glacier once was
  7. 15. South America matches up with this continent
  8. 16. rock formations, rivers, and lakes appear to match up on different continents due to this piece of evidence
Down
  1. 1. "super-continent"
  2. 2. currents that are found in the mantle and cause the tectonic plates to move
  3. 4. plates the earth is made up of ________________ _________________ which are constantly moving among the mantle
  4. 5. Wegener the scientist who is generally credited with the continental drift theory
  5. 7. drift this theory states that tectonic plates are constantly moving
  6. 9. continents fit together like ____________ pieces
  7. 10. fill These two continents fit like puzzle pieces.
  8. 13. and Rock Evidence 1.Rocks 2.Similar ages of rocks 3.Coal fields