5-3 Drifting Continents

Which is not an example of evidence that Alfred Wegener used in his hypothesis on Continental Drift?

• shape of the continents

• similar fossils on different continents

• climate change

• convection currents in the mantle

Wegener's idea that the continents slowly move over Earth's surface became known as _____________.

• continental drift theory

• continent submersion

• Wegener's theory

• planetary movement

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What is the name of Wegener's supercontinent?

• Pangaea

• Columbia

• Nesomedelia

• Nesomedelia

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Why was Wegener's hypothesis rejected?

• His hypothesis wasn't rejected.

• Others did not like his idea

• There were no mountains at the time

• He could not provide evidence for what force moved the continents

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Which of the following is known as; a trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock?

• fossil

• rock

• sedimentary sediment

• fossilized amber

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Which two mountain ranges line up in Wegener's Evidence?

• South America and Africa

• South America and Asia

• South America and Europe

• South America and North America

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T/F? Wegener believed that continental drift explained fossils of tropical plants found in places that today have polar climate.

• True

• False

What was Wegener's hypothesis on how mountains were formed?

• the earth was slowly cooling and shrinking up

• continents collided; their edges crumpled and folded pushing up huge mountains

• volcanic eruptions formed them

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T/F? Wegener's theory was accepted by the scientific community because he provided enough evidence.

• True

• False

What two forms of climate change evidence did Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?

• fossils of plants found in arctic regions and scratches made by glaciers

• fossils and mountain ranges

• amber pieces with dinosaur DNA and glacier scratches

• animal fossils and European coal fields