Pangaea

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above

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What is represented by the picture? 

• Sea-floor spreading
• Pangea
• How the continents are arranged today
• Volcanoes

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Why did other scientists did no believe in Wegener’s theory?

• 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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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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What happens when Subduction occurs?

• Parts of the crust fall into the mantle
• Parts of the crust fall into the core
• Parts of the crust fall into space
• None of the Above

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What is the inner-most layer of Earth?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

What are plates?

• pieces of the Earth's moon

• pieces of rock and dust floating in space

• pieces of the Earth's core

• pieces of Earth's crust

What is the outer-most layer of Earth?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

What layer of Earth is made of magma?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

Which layer of the core is made of molten metals?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust