Continental Drift

The best evidence that the continents were once connected is that they have matching

• Weather, fossils, and Rock Types
• Rock types, fossils, coastlines
• Coastlines, weather, rock types
• Coastlines, weather, fossils

Of the following statements, which best supports the continental drift theory?

• All oceans are salty
• Igneous rocks are found on all continents 
• Fossils of the same species of extinct land plants have been found in both South America and Africa
• Early humans migrated to North America over a land bridge from eastern Asia

What causes the movement of tectonic plates?

• Gravitational pull between Earth and the moon
• Convection occurring beneath the Earth's crust
• Energy produced by earthquakes within the Earth
• Rotation of liquid rock found within the core

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

Which is false about the continents of the world?

• They are all on much larger tectonic plates
• All are inhabited by humans
• They are all affected by weathering and erosion
• They have the same climate

What could Wegener not correctly explain about his theory of continental drift?

• Connection of fossils
• Rock types aligning 
• What it feels like to be in a weather balloon for  52 hours
• The force responsible for the continents moving

Which of the following scientists put forth the Continental Drift Theory?

• Wegener
• Hess
• Einstein
• Churchill

Originally the Continental Drift Theory was not well received by other scientists. Why?

• There was a competing theory at the time which was more believable.
• There was no data showing the continents ever moved.
• The scientists didn't know the force responsible for moving the continents.
• The scientist presenting data was unreliable.

The three animals above above represent what type of evidence that the continents actually moved.

• Zoological evidence
• Glacial evidence
• Evidence of climate change
• Fossil evidence

Which of these terms means scratches in rocks caused by glaciers?

• Striations
• Stripes
• Stratosphere
• Stretchmarks