Continental Drift Study Jam

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Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory?

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Alfred Wegener

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What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?

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Pangea

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What theory explains that parts of the Earth's crust drift atop a liquid core?

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Continental Drift Theory

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What are the three types of evidence supporting Alfred Wegener's Theory?

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Fossils, Land forms, and Climate

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Why was the Continental Drift Theory initially not well received by scientists?

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Scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents.

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What is the definition of Continental Drift?

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The gradual movement of the continents across the Earth's surface.

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What geological feature is formed by the movement of tectonic plates?

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Earthquakes and mountains.

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What is the significance of Pangea in the study of continental drift?

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Pangea was a supercontinent that illustrates how continents were once joined together.

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What type of evidence includes the distribution of similar fossils across continents?

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Fossil evidence.

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What role does climate evidence play in supporting the Continental Drift Theory?

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It shows that continents now in different climates were once connected.