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There was a man , named ____________________ ____________________ , that once proposed that the continents were once all close together and formed a ____________________ . The name of this supercontinent was ____________________ . Wegener suggested that over time the continents ____________________ apart . He called this the ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ .

Wegener had four pieces of evidence .
1 . ____________________ - Wegener wrote to his wife about how South America and Africa seemed to fit together like a ____________________ .

2 . Fossils - A ____________________ of a small reptile had been found on the west coast of Africa and the east coast of South America . This could only be possible if the continents were once ____________________ .

3 . Rock Structures ( Mountains ) - ____________________ ranges on North America and Asia seemed to line up perfectly . The rock structure and type of rock seemed to be ____________________ . They had to have been formed at the same place and at the same ____________________ .

4 . Climate - Warm , tropical places grow plants that produce ____________________ . ____________________ deposits found in Antarctica and England suggest that those places weren't always that ____________________ .

Sad Story :
The scientists didn't believe in Wegener's theory because there was something still missing . He couldn't explain ____________________ the continents were moving .