Continental Drift

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

• Pangaea

• glacier scaring

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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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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 evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

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

• glacier scars and evidence from tropical plants is different climate areas

• 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 the force that moved the continents

• He didn't have evidence

• His data was wrong

• He didn't use the right technology to gather data

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 specific technology did Wegener use in his study?

• GPS

• Sonar

• Satellite images

• Maps

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

• Ashes

• Bones

• Follicles

• Fossils

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According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, 

• Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
• the continents DO NOT move
• Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking
• the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

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