
Continental Drift Theory
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Alfred Wegener is a German scientist who hypothesized that the Earth was once made up of a single large landmass called Pangaea. Which of the following theories did Wegener propose?
Continental Drift Theory
Continental Shift Theory
Plate Tectonics
Seafloor Spreading Theory
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed a theory that the Earth is once a single landmass. What is the name of the Mesozoic supercontinent that consisted of all the present continents?
Eurasia
Laurasia
Pangaea
Gondwanaland
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT used by Wegener as evidence of continental drift?
Evidence of glaciation on widely separated continents.
Fossils that were common to many continents.
The geometric fit of the continents.
Magnetic anomalies on the seafloor.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
If all the inner layers of the Earth are firm solid, what could have happened to Pangaea?
It remained as a supercontinent.
It would have become as it is today.
It would have slowly disappeared in the ocean.
It would have stretched and covered the whole world.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Fossils of extinct tropical plant Glossopteris were found in Antarctica. Which of the following could best explain this?
Antarctica was once located in/or near the equator.
Glossopteris can live in very cold environment.
Nothing, everything is purely accidental.
There were massive and strong typhoons during the pre-historic time that might cause the scattering of fern’s spores in different continents.
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