Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading

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

• Wegenerland

• Gondwanaland

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

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Most geologists rejected Wegener's idea of Continental Drift because _________.

• He used too many pieces of evidence to support the idea.

• He wanted to know what Earth looked like millions of years ago, which is impossible.

• He couldn't identify "how" continents to move around.

• They were afraid of the new idea.

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Wegener used the fit of the continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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Wegener used matching mountain ranges across different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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Wegener used evidence of glaciers in places now too warm as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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Wegener used matching matching fossils of the same organisms on different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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What were 2 kinds of evidence were used to prove that the seafloor spread?

• rock formations, WWII shipwrecks,

• magnetic seafloor stripes, WWII ship logs

• magnetic seafloor stripes, age of rock samples

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What technology was used during WWII to detect enemy submarines and produce the first map of the seafloor?

• Sonar

• Radiam

• GPS

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Process by which new ocean crust forms.

• Seafloor spreading

• Continental drift

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Rift

Answer explanation

Happy Birthday new baby rock!

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The zone where one plate slides under another is called the

• Convergent zone

• Subduction zone

• Transform zone

• Mantle zone

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