ES_Continental Drift

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

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

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

• Pangea
• Asia
• Pantallasa
• Eurasi

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What are the two continents the fits together based on Wegener's Theory?

• Asia and Russia
• India and Asia
• South America and Africa
• Africa and Asia

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What are the remains of organism noticed by Wegener that are found the same in two continents?

• Leaves and flowers
• Ice and mountains
• Plants and animals
• Dinosaurs and reptiles

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What type of plate is thicker?

• continental 
• oceanic

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What is it called when on plate is pushed usder another plate as they collide?

• earthquakes
• subduction

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What is one phenomenon when two continental plates collide?

• fold mountains
• vocanoes

New crust is created by _____________________?

• magma from the mantle
• corma from the core

What is an underwater mountain range where new ocean floor is made?

• subduction
• mid-ocean ridge
• deep-sea trench

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Which of Earth's layers convects?

• crust
• lithosphere
• asthenosphere