Alfred Wegener

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What type of scientist was Alfred Wegener?

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Climate scientist.

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Which mountain range in North America shares identical fossils of plants and animals with those found in Europe?

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The Appalachians.

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What was discovered in the oceans after WWII that supported Wegener's theory?

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Mountains in the middle of the ocean.

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What did Alfred Wegener's 'The Origin of Continents and Oceans' propose about how mountains formed?

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Mountains formed by crashing into each other and folding the Earth up.

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What type of boundary is described as 'the floor of the ocean was pulling apart, and magma from deep in the Earth was oozing up to form mountains'?

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Divergent boundary.

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What is the theory of continental drift?

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The theory that continents have moved over geological time and were once joined together.

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What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?

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Fossil evidence, geological similarities, and climate evidence.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates collide, often forming mountains.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate and sinks into the mantle.

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