Continental Drift Theory - Test C

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

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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The continental drift theory is _____________.

• where the continents moved so fast that they started breaking apart.

• when the continents slowly broke apart to their present location

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This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?

• Africa has always been near the equator
• Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
• The continents have not moved
• sea floor spreading

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The Appalachian Mountains in the U.S. match up with a similar mountain ranges in northern Europe. How does this support Wegener's theory of Continental Drift?

• The mountains were formed after tectonic plates had moved away from each other

• The similarities provide evidence North America & Europe were connected when the mountains formed.

• Similar rock samples were found on the ocean floor and at the two mountain ranges indicating that they both formed around the same time.

• This evidence does not support the theory of continental drift.

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True or false. Coal found in colder climates indicate that the land used to be in a warmer climate.

• True
• False

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

• evidence from landforms
• evidence from fossils
• evidence from human remains
• evidence from climate

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• Pangea

• glacier scaring

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Which type of information was NOT collected by Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• glacial deposits
•  fossils
• seafloor magnetic data
• rocks

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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