Pangaea

A fossil is _________________________________

• the remains or impression of a current-day organism

• the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism that has been preserved

• A picture of a prehistoric organism found in a museum

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Pangaea was/is

• A large pancake

• The landmasses of today

• The super continent of the past

• The super ocean of the past

Who came up with the theory of continental drift?

• Albert Lovera

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Andrew Shen

What's a glacier?

• A quick-moving mass or river of ice formed from snow and ice found near mountains or the poles.

• A slow-moving mass or river of ice formed from snow and ice found near mountains or the poles.

What evidence do we have for Pangaea?

• Glacial Grooves

• Fossils

• Mountains

• None of these are pieces of evidence that Pangaea existed

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What information can a fossil tell us?

• The type of water (freshwater or saltwater) in the environment

• The climate the organism experienced while it was alive

• The geography of land in the past versus the present

• Fossils can not tell us any of this information

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The mechanism that Wegener could not identify that moves the plates is?

• Gravity

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

Which of the following rock types forms oceanic crust?

• Granite

• Gabbro

• Dolerite

• Basalt

Folded mountains are __________________________

• mountains ranges that are formed by the folding of layers within the upper part of the crust

• mountain ranges that are formed by the folding of layers within the lower part of the crust

• mountain ranges that are formed by the layers in the upper part of the crust pulling away from each other.

• mountain ranges that are formed by the layers in the lower part of the crust pulling away from each other.

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Why was Wegener's theory of Continental Drift not widely accepted?

• He did not have enough evidence

• His theory was disproved by a fellow scientist

• His evidence was not strong enough

• He could not explain the force behind plate movement

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