EES Dynamic Earth - ContDrift & PlateTectonics

EES Dynamic Earth - ContDrift & PlateTectonics

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Social Studies

8th - 12th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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

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Continental Drift Theory

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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What do you call the evidence of Wegener's Theory that tells about the remains of an organism that lived long time ago?

Back

Fossils

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?

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Pangaea

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are the two continents that fit together based on Wegener's Theory? Options: Asia and Russia, India and Asia, South America and Africa, Africa and Asia

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South America and Africa

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Who is credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

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Alfred Wegener

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What does the theory of continental drift state?

Back

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

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