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15 Cards in this Set
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Fossil Evidence
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Fossil of Cynognathus a reptile that existed 240 million years ago. Found in South America and Africa
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Fossil Evidence
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Mesosaurus – a reptile that swam in freshwater lakes and rivers. Less then 2 feet long. Lived 260 million years ago. Long jaws and needle like teeth. Worked as a sieve for picking out crustaceans from the water. Found in eastern South America and southern Africa and nowhere else. Could not have swam 2000 miles across a deep ocean.
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Fossil Evidence
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Lystrousurus – a reptile that roamed the land 240 million years ago. Found in India, Africa and Antarctica.
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Fossil Evidence
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Glossopteris – a fern like plant. Existed 260 Million years ago. Found in South America, India, Australia, Africa and Antarctica. Flourished over wide low swampy area near the margin of glaciers
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Climate
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Glaciers on South Africa
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Rock Evidence
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The Appilachian Mountains are found in Newfoundland and the Brithish Isles.
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Fit of Continents
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The East side of South American fits together with the west side of Africa
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Sea Floor Spreading
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When two plates are divergent and it creates new oceanic crust
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Mid Ocean Ridge
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An under sea mountain chain
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Subduction
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When one oceanic plate collides with another. The heavier oceanic plate sinks into the mantel.
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Trenches
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When an oceanic plate collides with another and sinks into the mantel it forms this.
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Rift Valley
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Two pieces of continental crust pull apart.
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Boundary
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Convergent
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Plate
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Located in the Lithosphere
Caary continents in the ocean |
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Geolist
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A person who studies the Earth.
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