5 evidences that prove CONTINENTAL DRIFT

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The matching of continents or their coastlines

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The fit together like jig saw pieces of a puzzle Landmasses were once joined (Pangea) then split n and s (Laurasia and Gondwanaland) later into today’s continents

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Fossils

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Fossils of the same species on different continents

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The matching of continents or their coastlines

The fit together like jig saw pieces of a puzzle Landmasses were once joined (Pangea) then split n and s (Laurasia and Gondwanaland) later into today’s continents

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Fossils

Fossils of the same species on different continents

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Mountain ranges and rocks

Mountain Ranges and Rocks of the same age and origin on different continents across oceans

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Evidence of Glaciation

There is Evidence of Glaciation, but on continents where there is no glaciers today, eg Africa, India and Australia

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Coal deposits

Deposits found on different continents of the same age in areas where they should not be occurring now e.g. Mpumalanga