Continental Drift Review

Which of the following scientists put forth the Continental Drift Theory?

• Wegener

• Hess

• Einstein

• Churchill

Originally the Continental Drift Theory was not well received by other scientists. Why?

• There was a competing theory at the time which was more believable.

• There was no data to showing the continents ever moved.

• The scientist's didn't know the force responsible for moving the continents

• The scientist presenting the data was unreliable.

This animal represents what type of evidence that the continents actually moved?

• Zoological evidence

• Glacial Evidence

• Evidence of climate change

• Fossil Evidence

Which of these terms means scratches in rocks caused by glaciers?

• Striations

• Stripes

• Stratosphere

• Stretch marks

What do these color strips show between South America and Africa with the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

• Similar cultures

• Similar fossils

• Similar languages

• Similar weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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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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Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?

• He could not explain HOW the continents moved
• He didn't have evidence
• His data was wrong
• He didn't use the right technology to gather data

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This picture is an example of which type of evidence?

• matching fossil

• matching land formation

• climate change

• memorial movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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All of the continents were once part of one large continent called...

• Panacea
• Pangea
• North America
• Gondwana

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Because Glossopteris seeds cannot travel across the ocean and grow in warm, swampy climates, these fossils are evidence of ...

• Pangea existing

• Continental Drift

• changing climates

• all of the above

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