Pangaea and Continental Drift

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Who first proposed the idea of Continental Drift?

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Alfred Wegener

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What did Wegener name the large supercontinent where all the continents were joined together?

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Pangaea

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Most geologists rejected Wegener's idea of Continental Drift because _________.

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He couldn't identify what would cause continents to move around.

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Wegener used the fit of the continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

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true

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Did Wegener use matching mountain ranges across different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift?

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true

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Wegener used matching fossils of the same organisms on different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

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true

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

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pangea

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How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift? Options: Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together., Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils., Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans., all of the above

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all of the above

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Which layer is the thinnest? Options: Crust, Mantle, Outer core, Inner core

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Crust

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This layer of Earth is solid iron and nickel

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Inner core