Wegener and Continental Drift
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who first proposed the idea of Continental Drift?
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilee
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What did Wegener name the large supercontinent where all the continents were joined together?
Wegenerland
Gondwanaland
Laurasia
Pangaea
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Most geologists rejected Wegener's idea of Continental Drift because _________.
He used too many pieces of evidence to support the idea.
He wanted to know what Earth looked like millions of years ago, which is impossible.
He couldn't identify what would cause continents to move around.
They were afraid of the new idea.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Wegener used the fit of the continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.
true
false
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Wegener used matching mountain ranges across different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.
true
false
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Wegener used matching matching fossils of the same organisms on different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.
true
false
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Wegener used evidence of glaciers in places now too warm as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.
true
false
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
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