1. How Do we know we’re moving?
Alfred Wegener was one of the first to propose the theory of continental drift. While pondering the similarities between the coastlines of South America and Africa, Wegener came up with an idea: What if the continents were once all connected and just drifted over the years? It is this German man to whom we credit with the proposal of the theory of Continental Drift

2. Continental drift

3. A long, long, long time ago…in a land really close by…

4. Pangea

5. 1. Ferns and Reptiles in many different continents
The evidence
1. Ferns and Reptiles in many different continents

6. Evidence Continued

7. The Evidence Continued
2. Glaciers that were then tropical forests

8. Evidence continued
3. Same types of rocks on continents close to each other (yet separated by an ocean)

9. 4. The “puzzle” shape of South America and Africa… “they fit”
Evidence continued
4. The “puzzle” shape of South America and Africa… “they fit”