
Wegener and Continental Drift
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Science
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9th - 12th Grade
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Hard
Gloria Gibson
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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First proposed Continental Drift:
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Alfred Wegener
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Wegener's supercontinent where all continents were joined.
Back
Pangaea
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Most geologists rejected Wegener's Continental Drift idea because...
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He couldn't identify what would cause continents to move.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Wegener's evidence for Continental Drift: fit of continents.
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true
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Wegener used matching mountain ranges across continents as evidence for Continental Drift.
Back
true
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Wegener used matching fossils of the same organisms on different continents as evidence for Continental Drift.
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true
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Wegener used evidence of glaciers in currently warm areas to support his Continental Drift hypothesis.
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true
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