Wegener and Continental drift (IQWST ES3 lesson 2)

Who first proposed the idea of Continental Drift?

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilee

What did Wegener name the large supercontinent where all the continents were joined together?

• Wegenerland

• Gondwanaland

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Most geologists rejected Wegener's idea of Continental Drift because _________.

• He didn't have enough evidence to support his idea.

• He wanted to know what the Earth looked like millions of years ago, which was impossible.

• He didn't have a good explanation of what would cause continents to move around.

• They were afraid of the new idea.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegener used the fit of the continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegener used matching matching fossils of the same organisms on different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegener used evidence of glaciers in places now too warm as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Wegener used the magnetic striping on the seafloor showing polar reversals as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegener used matching rock types and ages across different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The east coast of South America seems to fit into the wet coast of Africa, this evidence for Continental Drift is called...

• fit/shape of continents
• fossil evidence
• geologic evidence
• climate evidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

India, Australia, South America, and Africa all have deep grooves or scratches in rocks which is climate evidence of ....

• erosion
• dinosaurs
• glaciers
• aliens

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2