Continental Drift

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Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

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Alfred Wegener

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What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

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South America and Africa

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What is this a picture of?

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pangaea

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Which type of information was NOT collected by Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

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Seafloor magnetic data

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How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

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All of the above: 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.

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What is Pangaea?

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Supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past

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Why was Wegener's theory not accepted?

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He had no proof of how they were moving

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Pangaea was a giant landmass that existed 2 million years ago.

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False

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The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other.

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True

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Scientists think that the continents once formed a giant landmass that broke apart, and then slowly drifted apart. What is the name given to this hypothesis?

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continental drift