Continental Drift and Seafloor spreading

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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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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Choose the correct label for number 12.

• subduction zone

• newer seafloor

• volcanic activity

• magma rising

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

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

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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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What does the word Pangea mean?

• big land mass
• old land
• all land

Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L
• M
• N
• O

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