Quiz about Continental Drift

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

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Harry Hess

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Galileo

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Newton

Question 2

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

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Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate

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Africa has always been near the equator

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The continents have not moved

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sea floor spreading

Question 3

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

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all of the above

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

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glacier striations and evidence from temperature

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mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

Question 4

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

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South America and Africa

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Africa and North America

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South America and Europe

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Antartica and Africa

Question 5

How long ago is Pangea believed to have existed?

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200-300 million years ago

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1000-2000 years ago

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10,000-20,000 years ago

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20-30 billion years ago

Question 6

What drives tectonic plate movement?

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convection currents

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gravity

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coriolis effect

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the earth's magnetic core

Question 7

The OLDEST seafloor is located?

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Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

Question 8

What technology was used during WWII to detect enemy submarines and produce the first map of the seafloor?

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Sonar

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Radar

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GPS

Question 9

This is the plastic layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move.

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Asthenosphere

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Lithosphere

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Mesosphere

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Crust

Question 10

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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Fossils

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Ashes

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Bones

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Follicles

Question 11

What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?

Accepted Answer

Pangea

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Asia

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Pantallasa

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Eurasi

Question 12

What are the two types of crust?

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continental and oceanic

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ocean and basin

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lower and upper

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thick and thin

Question 13

When one plate slides underneath another, it ____ and the magma _____.

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melts; rises

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hardens; sinks

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melts; sinks

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hardens; rises

Question 14

According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,

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the continents were once joined together in a single landmass, and these plates will continue to move.

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Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses

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the continents DO NOT move

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Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

Question 15

In Seafloor Spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts or flows out

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along mid-ocean ridges

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along the edges of all the continents

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in the deep ocean trenches

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in the north and south poles

Question 16

What items were found in Antarctica that lead us to believe the climate was once much warmer?

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All of the above

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Plant fossils of tropical ferns

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Animal fossils of reptiles

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Coal deposits

Question 17

Which of the following scientists discovered sea floor spreading?

Accepted Answer

Hess

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Wegener

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Einstein

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Churchill

Question 18

In the early 20th century, Wegener published a paper explaining his theory that the continental land masses were _______.

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Drifting

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Gliding

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Sliding

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They're not moving

Question 19

Mesosaurus fossils are found between where?

Accepted Answer

Africa and South America

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India

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Antartica

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Australia

Question 20

What does SONAR stand for?

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Sound and Navigation Ranging

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Sound and Navy Range

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Solar and Navigational Radio

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None of the above

Question 21

Scientist originally thought that the ocean floor was...

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Smooth and flat

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Only made of sand and other sediment

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Filled with mountains and trenches

Question 22

Which of the following is not considered evidence in supporting Wegener's theory of Continental Drift?

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Weather data

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Jigsaw puzzle

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Coal deposits

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Similar mountain ranges

Question 23

The Appalachian Mountains in the U.S. match up with a similar mountain range in Greenland. How does this support Wegener's theory of Continental Drift?

Accepted Answer

The mountains formed once when North America and Greenland collided indicating that these continents were once connected.

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The mountains were formed when tectonic plates diverged

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Similar rock samples were found on the ocean floor and at the two mountain ranges indicating that they both formed around the same time.

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This evidence does not support the theory of continental drift.

Question 24

____________ are marks/scratches in rock left by glaciers.

Accepted Answer

Glacial Striations

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Erosion

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Deposits

Question 25

Magnetic _________ are found on the ocean floor and indicate Earth's magnetic poles have switched positions overtime.

Accepted Answer

stripes

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switches

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striations

Continental Drift

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