Continental Drift

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

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

• Continents are stationary and do not move

• None of the above

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What is the name of the super-continent?

• Wegener Land

• Eurasia

• Pangea

• All lands

Which of the following was not used by Wegener as evidence of continental drift?

• Evidences of glacial scratches continents found near the equator

• Fossils that were found on different continents

• Magnetic reversals on the seafloor

• The fit of the continents

The slow movement of land over the earth's surface called?

• Subduction

• Continental Drift

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Wandering

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What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
• glacier scars and evidence from temperature
• mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents
• all of the above

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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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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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How does evidence of glaciation in Africa support the Theory of Continental Drift?

• It shows that the continents must have been in a different location.
• It doesn't. 
• I shows that it was colder at the equator in the past.
• It shows that it was warmer at the equator in the past.

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What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• evidence from landforms
• evidence from fossils
• evidence from human remains
• evidence from climate

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