Continental Drift

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Einstein
• Alfred Wegener
• Isaac Newton
• John Dalton

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

• Theory of Evolution
• Heliocentric Theory
• Geocentric Theory
• Continental Drift Theory

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

• Pangea
• Asia
• Pantallasa
• Eurasi

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What causes the continents to move?

• Magma
• Tectonic Plates
• Earthquake
• All of the choices

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What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory? 

• Fossils, Fish, and Land
• Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate
• Fossils, Land forms, and Climate
• Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphic rock 

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Which type of plate is older?

• continental
• oceanic

What type of plate is thicker?

• continental 
• oceanic

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What is it called when two oceanic plates move apart and new crust is formed?

• crustal integrating
• sea-floor spreading

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What do plates float on?

• corona
• upper mantle
• asthenospere