Continental Drift Theory

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

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above

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How long ago is Pangea believed to have existed?

• 200-300 million years ago
• 1000-2000 years ago
• 10,000-20,000 years ago
• 20-30 billion years ago

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What does the word Pangea mean?

• big land mass
• old land
• all land

What did Wegener name the large supercontinent where all the continents were joined together?

• Wegenerland

• Gondwanaland

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

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What time period does the extinction of the dinosaurs happen?

• Permian Period

• Triassic Period

• Jurassic Period

• Cretaceous Period

What period does Pangea was divided into two division: Laurasia and Gondwana?

• Jurassic Period

• Permian Period

• Triassic Period

Among the two divisions of Pangea, it is also known as the Northern Hemisphere.

• Laurasia

• Gondwana

Among the two divisions of Pangea, it is also known as the Southern Hemisphere.

• Laurasia

• Gondwana