Evolution of Continental Drift

Who developed the Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Wegener

• Alfred Wegener

• Some guy named 'Boris'

• Albert Vegener

The book that Wegener published on the theory was titled...

• The Origins of Continents and Oceans

• The Origins of Continents

• The Nature and Movement of Continents

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Continent

Who, of the following, is not credited in transferring Wegener's evidence into a full scientific theory?

• Jason Morgan

• Dan McKenzie

• Xavier le Pichon

• J. Tuzo Wilson

Antonio Snider published a map that showed which two continents joined together?

• Australia and Antarctica

• Asia and Europe

• South America and Africa

• Gondwanaland and Laurasia

In what year did F.B. Taylor envisage 'mighty creepy movements' that turned out to be tectonic plate movements?

• 1910

• 1965

• 1858

• 1904

In what year did Wegener die?

• 1960

• 1930

• He's still alive, I saw him working at Aldi the other day

• 1940

What is Francis Bacon most famous for?

• Discovering similar rock structures across multiple continents

• Noticing coastlines of different continents 'fit together'

• Mmmmm....bacon!

• Proposing that ocean floor was made in the middle of the ocean and spread outwards

Arthur Holmes discovered what type of currents?

• Ocean currents

• Wind currents

• Convection currents (in mantle)

• Blackcurrants

Which came first: Discovery of symmetrical magnetic stripes or discovery of seafloor spreading?

• Discovery of symmetrical magnetic stripes

• Discovery of seafloor spreading

• Both occurred in the same year

• I'm still trying to figure out whether the chicken or the egg came first. Hold on.

S. K. Runcorn discovered...

• Polar wandering

• Tertiary mountain belts

• Wifi

• Seafloor spreading