continental drift

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Who is the German Scientist that came up with the theory of the Continental Drift?

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Alfred Wegener

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What is the force that moves the continents? Options: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Conveyor belts

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Convection

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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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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

Front

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

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pangea

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Which of Earth's layers convects? Options: crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere

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asthenosphere

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The continents move very slowly, only a few __________per year.

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centimeters

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India, Australia, South America, and Africa all have deep grooves or scratches in rocks which is climate evidence of ....

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glaciers

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Glossopteris grew in warm, swampy areas proving Antarctica used to have a ________________climate.

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warm and wet

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What does the word Pangea mean?

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all land