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Q1 – Encyclopaedia Britannica – Continental Drift https://www.britannica.com/science/continental-drift
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q2 – USGS – The Theory of Plate Tectonics https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q3 – NASA Earth Observatory – Pangaea https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Pangaea
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q4 – British Geological Survey – Plate Tectonics https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/earth-hazards/plate-tectonics/
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q5 – USGS – This Dynamic Earth https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q6 – National Geographic – Continental Drift https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/continental-drift/
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q7 – Encyclopaedia Britannica – Alfred Wegener https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-Wegener
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q8 – Geological Society – Alfred Wegener https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q9 – USGS – Historical Perspective on Plate Tectonics https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/historical.html
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q10 – NASA Earth Observatory – Pangaea https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Pangaea
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q11 – Britannica – Pangaea https://www.britannica.com/place/Pangaea
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q12 – USGS – Continental Drift https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q13 – USGS – Fossil Evidence for Continental Drift https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Q14 – National Geographic – Evidence for Continental Drift https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/continental-drift/
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
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Last accessed: 01.03.2026
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Last accessed: 01.03.2026
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Last accessed: 01.03.2026
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Last accessed: 01.03.2026
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Last accessed: 01.03.2026
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Last accessed: 01.03.2026
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Last accessed: 01.03.2026
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Last accessed: 01.03.2026
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Last accessed: 01.03.2026
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Last accessed: 01.03.2026

Graphic Sources

QG1 – Satellite image (ResearchGate) https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Satellite-image-showing-the-North-and-South-Atlantic-oceans-with-the-present-day_fig1_260672051
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
QG2 – HyperPhysics – Plate Tectonics: Continent Drift Video Clip https://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Geophys/platevid.html
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
Edited for clarity (text correction and sharpening).
QG3 – Alfred Wegener biography (Environment & Society Portal) https://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/wegener-diaries/biography-alfred-wegener
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
QG4 – Pangaea illustration (Alamy) https://www.alamy.com/supercontinent-pangaea-with-modern-continental-borders-superocean-panthalassa-and-paleo-tethys-ocean-pangea-maps-continental-drift-theory-image559193628.html
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
QG5 – Mesosaurus fossil map (ResearchGate) https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-fossils-of-Mesosaurus-found-in-South-America-and-Africa_fig3_322519408
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
QG6 – Earth cross-section illustration (iStock) https://www.istockphoto.com/de/vektor/planet-erde-struktur-innen-und-au%C3%9Fenkern-mantel-und-kruste-erdquerschnitt-gm1321460707-407680929
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
QG7 – Seafloor spreading illustration (Shutterstock) https://www.shutterstock.com/de/search/ozeanbodenspreizung
Last accessed: 01.03.2026
QG8 – Pangaea & modern continents illustration (iStock) https://www.istockphoto.com/de/vektor/pangaea-superkontinent-und-moderne-kontinente-gm2166646890-586741418?searchscope=image%2Cfilm
Last accessed: 01.03.2026