theory of continental drift

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America
• South America and Europe
• South America and Africa
•  Antartica and Africa

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

The theory of continental drift named a key part of this idea Pangaea. What is Pangaea?

• One of the ancient animals that helped Wegener prove that fossils from different continents originally came from the same location
•  supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past
• The underwater ocean range in the middle of the ocean
• The hot spot which gave rise to the Hawaiian Islands, among others

The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other

• True
• False

This German scientist first proposed continental drift theory

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Archimedes

• Thomas Warner

This was the super continent, where all of the Earth’s continents were connected together

• Beringia

• Pantheon

• Pangaea

• Continentia

These people are map makers

• Cartographers

• Paleontologists

• Geologists

• Biologists

What was the name of Alfred Wegeners Theory?

• Seafloor Spreading Theory

• Pangaea Theory

• Plate Tectonics Theory

• Continental Drift Theory