Pangaea and Continental Drift

What is Pangaea?

• The name of a German Scientist
• the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

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

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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

The scientific theory that the Earth's crust is made of moving plates.

• quakes
• seismic
• plate tectonics
• rotation

Scientist behind Continental Drift

• Harry Hess
• Dan McKenzie
• Alfred Wegener
• Bill Nye

Earth's plates...

• are constantly moving and changing the face of the earth
• never move
• move seldom and very fast
• move when it feels like it

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Earth's crust is broken up into several large pieces called ...

• plates

• faults

• fossils

• puzzle pieces

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Which crust is thicker?

• oceanic
• continental
• bread
• pizza

Which crust is more dense?

• oceanic
• continental
• bread
• pizza

What is the name of the supercontinent Alfred Wegener used to discuss his hypothesis of continental drift?

• Laurasia
• Gondwanaland
• Euramerica
• Pangaea