Continental Drift Quiz

When looking at a map, what two specific continents appear to fit together most like puzzle pieces?

• 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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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 wrong

• He did not share his ideas with other scientists

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 causes the movement of tectonic plates?

• Gravitational pull between Earth and the moon
• Convection occurring beneath the Earth's crust
• Energy produced by earthquakes within the Earth
• Rotation of rocks found within the core

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What discovery revived Wegener's idea of Continental Drift and eventually led to the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

• discovery of new fossils on Africa and South America

• the discovery of mid-ocean ridges and seafloor spreading

• the discovery of radioactive isotopes

• none of the above

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Which of the following is evidence of seafloor spreading?

• matching fossils on either side of the mid-ocean ridge

• evidence of tropical plant fossils on the seafloor

• same rock types in both North America and Africa

• the magnetic striping on the seafloor on either side of the mid-ocean ridges

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Oceanic crust is

• Younger and less dense than continental crust
• Thinner, younger and more dense than continental crust
• Older, thicker and less dense that continental crust
• Bigger and younger than continental crust

The region where oceanic plates sink down into the mantle.

• Asthenopshere

• Subduction Zone

• Lithosphere

• Transform Boundary

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