Studying Earth's History

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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How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

• Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
• Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
• Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
• all of the above

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Why was Wegener's theory not accepted?

• He had no proof of how they were moving
• He had no evidence
• He was married
• He was not a Scientist

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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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Which layer is the youngest?

• Layer A

• Layer B

• LAyer C

• Layer D

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Which layer is the oldest?

• Layer A

• Layer B

• Layer C

• Layer D

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The ______________________ states that as layers accumulate over time, the rock at the bottom is older than the rock toward the top.

• law of inertia

• law of gravity

• law of superposition

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Which rock layer most likely contains fossils of the most recently evolved organisms?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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