Continental Drift

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

• continents fitting together like puzzle pieces

• 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

• glaciers

• mountain ranges and rock layers

• all of the above

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 do glaciers in Africa 280 to 230 million years ago support the Theory of Continental Drift?

• It shows that the continents must have been in different locations in the past.

• It doesn't.

• It shows that the Earth is a sphere

• It shows that the Earth was all ocean.

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What is Pangaea?

• the name of a German scientist
• the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

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

• evidence from mountains

• evidence from fossils

• evidence from human remains

• evidence from rocks

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What do you call the evidence of Wegener's Theory that tells about the remains of an organism that lived long time ago?

• Ashes
• Bones
• Follicles
• Fossils

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