Earth's Interior, Convection and the Mantle, and Pangea

A giant landmass that existed 200 million years ago

• Wegener
• Pangaea
• Archyopteryx
• Ammonite

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

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

Who suggested the Continental Drift theory?

• Aldrin Weiner
• Alfred Wegener
• George Williams
• IDK 😭

Alfred Wegener was not taken seriously as an Earth scientist because he was a meteorologist

• True
• False

Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?

• The shape of the continents
• Similar fossils found on separate continents
• Tree fossils found in odd places
• All of the above

____________ occurs when heat is transferred into an object through motion or movement; an example would be boiling water.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

The mantle in the Earth continually heats up and cools down using convection currents.

• True
• False

____________ occurs when an energy source transfers heat directly to another object through space; an example would be an object becoming warm by sitting in the sunshine.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• heat