Continental Drift

Mountain ranges located on both side of the Atlantic Ocean

• are the same height and width.

• have the same rock types, structures and ages.

• have ancient fossils and coal seams.

• are just separate mountain ranges.

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Magnetic minerals in volcanic rock point to

• the current north magnetic pole.

• the north magnetic pole at the time they crystallized.

• the north magnetic pole on the adjacent continent.

• none of these.

What was Wegener’s continental drift idea?

• The continents have moved slowly apart to their current locations.

• The continents have always been located at their current locations.

• The continents are moving slowly together from their current locations.

• None of these

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True or False-Similar fossil records across continents was evidence for continental drift.

• True

• False

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Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

• Pandora

• Gandowandaland

• Pangea

• Percia

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The most common type of minerals that record the direction and strength of the magnetic field are called ____________.

• magnatips

• magnabytes

• magnalytes

• magnetite

When all the continents are together, it is called a(n) ____________ continent.

• massive

• gigantic

• enormous

• super

The remains or traces of ancient life are called ____________.

• bones

• remanents

• fossils

• none of the above

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

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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