Tectonic Plates Test

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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What is the force that moves the continents? 

• Conduction 
• Convection 
• Radiation 
• Conveyor belts 

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Originally the Continental drift theory was not well received by other scientist.  Why? 

• There was a competing theory at the time that was more believable. 
• There was no data showing the continents ever moved. 
• The scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents. 
• The scientist presenting the data was unreliable.  

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What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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The following are animal fossil evidences of the Continental Drift theory except?

• Glossopteris
• Cynognathus
• Lystrosaurus
• Mesosaurus

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The German scientist who first proposed the Theory of Continental Drift 100 years ago?

• Harry Hess
• Penny Pangea
• Alfred Wegener
• Gary Gondwana

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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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The continents move very slowly, only a few __________per year.

• meters
• kilometers
• centimeters
• miles

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Who first proposed the theory of continental drift'?

• Galileo
• Wegener
• Hess

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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