Plate Tectonics

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Who is the German Scientist that came up with the theory of the Continental Drift? Options: Albert Einstein, Ms. Stukel, Galileo, Alfred Wegener

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Alfred Wegener

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Why was the Continental drift theory originally not well received by other scientists?

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The scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents.

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What is this a picture of?

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pangea

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Identify the Major Plate labeled B: African Plate, Antarctic Plate, Pacific Plate, Eurasian Plate

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Pacific Plate

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Identify the Major Plate labeled I: African Plate, Antarctic Plate, Pacific Plate, Eurasian Plate

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African Plate

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Identify the Major Plate labeled N: African Plate, Antarctic Plate, Pacific Plate, Eurasian Plate

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Antarctic Plate

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Which of these explains that Earth's outer layer is broken into large slowly moving pieces? Options: Plate Tectonic Theory, Continental Drift

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Plate Tectonic Theory

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Which explains that the continents were once joined together and over time they broke up and then drifted apart?

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Continental Drift

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Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...

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all of Earth’s continents.

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Why did peer scientists reject Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift?

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He did not explain how continents move and what moves them.