Multiple Choice
Identify all of the different observations Alfred Wegener used to support his theory of continental drift.
A) Seafloor magnetic anomalies
B) Geographic fit of the continents
C) Studies of fossil plants and animals
D) Dipping zones of earthquakes at ocean trenches
E) Patterns of glaciation
F) Shallow earthquakes along transform faults
G) Matching bodies of rock on either side of the Atlantic
H) Alignment of mountain ranges when the Atlantic is closed
I) High heat flow at oceanic ridges
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