Continental Drift

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

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?

• Africa has always been near the equator
• Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
• The continents have not moved
• sea floor spreading

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What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above

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What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
• glacier scars and evidence from temperature
• mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents
• all of the above

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Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?

• He could not explain HOW the continents moved
• He didn't have evidence
• His data was wrong
• He didn't use the right technology to gather data

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What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America
• South America and Europe
• South America and Africa
• Antartica and Africa

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According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, 

• Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
• the continents DO NOT move
• Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking
• the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

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In Seafloor Spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts or flows out 

• along the edges of all the continents
• along mid-ocean ridges
• in the deep ocean trenches
• in the north and south poles

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The following are animal fossil evidences of the Continental Drift theory EXCEPT

• Glossopteris

• Cynognathus

• Lystrosaurus

• Mesosaurus

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Which of the following is the best evidence that Earth's continents were once in vastly different positions than they are today?

• Penguins only found in southern hemisphere
• Fossils of tropical plants found in Antartica
• Volcanoes encircling Pacific Ocean
• Major rivers from deltas from continental erosion

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The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...

• Pangea

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Sea Floor Spreading

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Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L
• M
• N
• O

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How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

• Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
• New crust is underwater where it sinks
• New crust breaks more easily than old crust

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What evidence helped Wegener support his theory?

• Climate
•  Fossils
• Land Features
• All of the Above

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True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?

• True
• False

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What is one piece of evidence of seafloor spreading? 

• scientist found animals at the bottom of the sea
• mountain rocks crashed into the ocean
• scientist found pillow shaped rocks like pillows

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New crust is always formed at the...

• mid-ocean ridge
• deep-ocean trench
• asthenosphere

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The oceanic crust is pushed aside on both sides of the 

• Continent's edge
• Deep-ocean trench
• Mid-ocean ridge

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What are Mid-Ocean Ridges?

• A chain of underwater waterfalls 
• A chain of underwater volcanos
• A chain of underwater mountains
• A chain of underwater rocks

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

• Pangea
• Asia
• Pantallasa
• Eurasi

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True or False: When liquid gets hot, it becomes less dense.

• true
• false

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What type of evidence was used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis? (Select 3)

• evidence from landforms / geology

• evidence from fossils

• evidence from human remains

• evidence from climate

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What items were found in Antarctica that lead us to believe the climate was once much warmer? (Select 3)

• Plant fossils of tropical ferns

• Animal fossils of reptiles that live in warm conditions

• Coal deposits that formed in tropical swamps

• Mammoth fossils preserved in ice

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The Appalachian Mountains in the U.S. match up with a similar mountain ranges in northern Europe. How does this support Wegener's theory of Continental Drift?

• The mountains were formed after tectonic plates had moved away from each other

• The similarities provide evidence North America & Europe were connected when the mountains formed.

• Similar rock samples were found on the ocean floor and at the two mountain ranges indicating that they both formed around the same time.

• This evidence does not support the theory of continental drift.

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Alfred Wegener used all of the following for evidence of his idea EXCEPT...

• The shapes of the continents fitting together like a puzzle

• Similar fossils on different continents

• Comparable modern weather patterns on different continents

• Similar rock formations on different continents

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Earth's thin outer layer

• Erosion
• Magma
• Crust
• Core

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The Earth's lithosphere contains

• The upper mantle

• The oceanic crust

• The continental crust

• All are correct

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Layer of Earth between the crust and the core

• Granite
• Mantle
• Lithosphere
• Upper crust

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Which kind of rock can have fossils in it?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• None of these

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An organism that no longer exists on Earth is called

• Decayed
• Evolved
• Extinct
• Preserved

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_{Which rock layer contains the newest fossils?}

• F
• E
• B
• C

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The best index fossils have which two traits?

• widespread geographically, long time of existence

• widespread geographically, short time of existence

• specific place, long time of existence

• specific place, short time of existence

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The east coast of South America seems to fit into the wet coast of Africa, this evidence for Continental Drift is called...

• fit/shape of continents
• fossil evidence
• geologic evidence
• climate evidence

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India, Australia, South America, and Africa all have deep grooves or scratches in rocks which is climate evidence of ....

• erosion
• dinosaurs
• glaciers
• aliens

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Scientists did not believe Wegner's theory because Continental Drift is a slow process and he had no explanation for...

• how to measure the continents.
• how the continents move.
• Wegener being a silly man.
• Antarctica having fern fossils.

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The amount of space an object takes up is called _________.

• mass

• volume

• chemical characteristic

• weight

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Density of an object can be found by __________.

• Volume / Mass

• Mass / Volume

• Weight / Area

• Mass / Area

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

• True
• False

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Because Glossopteris seeds cannot travel across the ocean and grow in warm, swampy climates, these fossils are evidence of ...

• Pangea existing

• Continental Drift

• changing climates

• all of the above

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What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• evidence from landforms

• evidence from fossils

• evidence from human remains

• evidence from climate

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When we observe the same reptile fossil in two places, we infer ___.

• The reptile flew to a new habitat.

• The habitats used to be near each other.

• Someone buried the fossils in a new place to trick us.

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When I observe that the green lizard fossil is on many continents, I infer ____.

• The lizard can fly.

• The continents moved.

• Someone is trying to trick us.

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When a continent moves, we call it ____.

• Tectonics

• Drift

• Transfer

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True or False: The continents have always been in the same place they are today.

• True

• False

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What was Wegener’s continental drift idea?

• The continents have moved slowly apart to their current locations.

• The continents have always been located at their current locations.

• The continents are moving slowly together from their current locations.

• None of these

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True or False-Similar fossil records across continents was evidence for continental drift.

• True

• False

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Wegener observed scratches from glaciers in Africa and India where it is currently too hot for glaciers to form. This is considered...

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Formation Evidence

• Climate Evidence

• Objective Evidence

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The OLDEST seafloor is located? 

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?

• True
• False

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The oceanic crust is pushed aside on both sides of the 

• Continent's edge
• Deep-ocean trench
• Mid-ocean ridge

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The oceanic crust _________ when it reaches the continental crust.

• sinks
• rises
• expands

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New crust is always formed at the...

• mid-ocean ridge
• deep-ocean trench
• asthenosphere

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___________ is the process by which

new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms as magma rises to Earth’s surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge.

• Continental drift

• Sea-floor spreading

• Plate tectonics

• Mid-ocean range

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When two plates slide past each other, they create a _________.

• fault

• flood

• fire

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What type of island is pictured here?

• Coral atoll

• Coral island / raised coral island

• Volcanic island

• Continental island

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When all the continents are together, it is called a(n) ____________ continent.

• massive

• gigantic

• enormous

• super

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The remains or traces of ancient life are called ____________.

• bones

• remanents

• fossils

• none of the above

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The continents were last all together around

• 250,000 years ago

• 2.5 million years ago

• 250 million years ago

• 2.5 billion years ago

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What evidence from fossils supports the idea that the continents were once joined and then drifted apart?

• Fossils from plants and animals are found on two different continents

• Animals swam across the ocean to other continents

• Plants only grew on Pangea

• Fossils were only found on Pangea

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What evidence from landforms supports the idea that the continents were once joined and then drifted apart? Choose all that apply

• Continents fit together like a puzzle

• Mountain ranges from different continents line up when the continents are put together.

• There is little to no evidence of continental drift

• Seafloor spreading

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Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...

• it did not agree with their current theory
• Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago
• Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis
• Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents

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What is Pangaea?

• the name of a German scientist
• the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

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Evidence of continental drift includes:

• plants and animals match

• the shape of the continents

• the oceans are close together

• rocks match

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Fossil records support continental drift.

• True

• False

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What are the remains of organism noticed by Wegener that are found the same in two continents?

• Leaves and flowers
• Ice and mountains
• Plants and animals
• Dinosaurs and reptiles

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What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and basin
• lower and upper
• thick and thin