Sample Rerponse 4

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The passage first defines continental draft, which says that the continents were once one landmass that broke apart and are now drifting away from each other.

It states that evidence of continental drift can be found through fossils and rock formations.

The professor explains how scientists have come across fossils of an ancient marine reptile in both South America and South Africa.

This led scientists to believe that the two continents must have been joined at one time. The professor also states that scientists have found that the coasts of both continents have similar sandstone rock formations and mineral types.

This further supports the hypothesis that these formations were at one time connected on a single continent.