Which of the following is the best evidence that Earth's continents were once in vastly different positions than they are today?

Fossils of tropical plants found in Antartica

Penguins only found in southern hemisphere

Volcanoes encircling Pacific Ocean

Major rivers from deltas from continental erosion

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

The force responsible for the continents moving

What it feels like to be in a weather balloon for 52 hours

Which of the following is evidence that supports continental drift?

fossils of the same plant have been found on several continents

the presence of penguins at both the equator and Antarctica

the presence of glacial features in Antarctica

the presence of volcanic rock in Antarctica

Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

Erosion and Weather appears on Mountain Ranges across the world.

Similar mountain ranges found on the eastern side of South America and the western side of Africa.

Identical fossils found on different continents.

Glacial erosion found in Australia India,and Africa.

In the early 1900's Alfred Wegener found evidence of identical rock types, identical fossils, and matching mountain ranges on different continents that are on opposite sides of an ocean. What could be the explanation for these observations?

In the past, continents were not located where they are today but were joined together

All animals can swim extremely long distances

These observations have no significant meaning.

mountains are made through the same processes therefore they are very similar in their structure throughout the entire world.

All of the statements below supported the Theory of Continental Drift, EXECPT

Antarctica's land forms shows evidence of glacial erosion.

Continents look like they fit together like puzzle pieces, especially South America and Africa.

Fossils match on different continents

Rock formations match on different continents

What discovery caused scientists to rethink Wegener's continental drift theory?

discovery of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Ocean

discovery of earthquake activity in California

discovery of the ring of fire in the Pacific Ocean

discovery of deep trenches off the coast of South America

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

Harry Hess

Galileo

Alfred Wegener

Newton

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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 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

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What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

glacier scars and evidence from temperature

mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

all of the above

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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

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How long ago is Pangea believed to have existed?

200-300 million years ago

1000-2000 years ago

10,000-20,000 years ago

20-30 billion years ago

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Continental Drift Hypothesis

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

What is this a picture of?

This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for?

What does the theory of continental drift state?

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?

How long ago is Pangea believed to have existed?

What is the theory that states that parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core.

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

What do you call the evidence of Wegener's Theory that tells about the remains of an organism that lived long time ago?

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