Wegener proposed continental drift after he observed evidence from fossils,glacial deposits,and the fit of the continents that suggested all of the continents were once ____________.
A) aligned north to south along the prime meridian during the Late Cenozoic
B) aligned east to west along the equator during the Late Mesozoic through the Cenozoic
C) combined to form a supercontinent (he termed Rodinia) in the Proterozoic
D) combined to form a supercontinent (he termed Pangaea) in the Late Paleozoic through the Mesozoic
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