Wegener 001

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What were Alfred Wegener’s primary fields of study?

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Meteorology and Arctic exploration.

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Which continents’ fossil evidence did Wegener use to support his drift theory in 1911?

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Africa and South America.

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What tool did Wegener and his brother pioneer in meteorology?

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Weather balloons.

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Alfred Wegener’s birth city was which of the following?

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Berlin.

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What role did Wegener hold at Marburg University?

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Professor of meteorology.

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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 supports the theory of continental drift?

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Fossil evidence, geological similarities, and the fit of continental coastlines.

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Who is known as the father of continental drift?

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Alfred Wegener.

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What year did Wegener first propose his theory of continental drift?

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1912.

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What is a paleoclimate?

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The climate of the Earth at a previous time in geological history.

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