Continental Drift

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Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

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Alfred Wegener

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What is this a picture of? Options: plate tectonics, continental drift, pangea, glacier scaring

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pangea

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This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for?

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Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate

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What does the theory of continental drift state?

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The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time.

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What evidence did Wegener use in his theory? Options: Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces, glacier scars and evidence from temperature, mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents, all of the above

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all of the above

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Why did no one believe Wegener's theory?

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He could not explain HOW the continents moved.

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What was Wegener able to PROVE before his death?

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Greenland was moving away from Europe a tiny bit each year

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What two specific continents fit together most noticeably? Options: Africa and North America, South America and Europe, South America and Africa, Antarctica and Africa

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South America and Africa

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What specific technology did Wegener use in his study? Options: GPS, Sonar, Radar, Maps

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Maps

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How long ago is Pangea believed to have existed? Options: 200-300 million years ago, 1000-2000 years ago, 10,000-20,000 years ago, 20-30 billion years ago

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200-300 million years ago