Pangaea and 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 two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

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

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• pangaea

• glacier scaring

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

• True
• False

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Most geologist think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• the Earth's magnetic field.

• subduction.

• convection currents.

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Scientists think that the continents once formed a giant landmass that broke apart, and then slowly drifted apart. What is the name given to this hypothesis?

• sea-floor Spreading

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• Pangaea

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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

What are the remains of organism noticed by Wegener that are found the same in two continents?

• Leaves and flowers

• Mantle and mountains

• Plants and animals

• Dinosaurs and Mantle

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What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory?

• Fossils, Fish, and Land

• Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate

• Fossils, Land forms, and Climate

• Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphic rock

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Where did Wegener find plant fossils that today would not be able to survive on that type of land?

• North America

• Antarctica

• China

• India

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