Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

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

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.

• Panthalasa

• Pangaea

• Mesosaurus

• Africa

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What hypothesis states that the continents were once joined to form a single supercontinent?

• plate tectonics

• seafloor spreading

• continental drift

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What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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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 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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What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?

• collision
• mid-ocean ridge
• a boundry
• a rift zone

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What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?

• convergent
• horizontal
• divergent
• transform

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What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?

• convergent
• horizontal
• divergent
• transform

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What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?

• convergent
• horizontal
• divergent
• transform