Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading

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

• Harry Hess

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

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According to Wegener, the continents used to be joined together as one supercontinent known as:

• South Africa

• Eurasia

• Pangaea

• Potlopia

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Who came up with the theory of seafloor spreading?

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegner

• Mrs. Bratton

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What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and basin
• lower and upper
• thick and thin

What types of evidence did Wegener use to support the theory of Continental Drift? (Select ALL answer that are correct)

• evidence from land features

• evidence from animal fossils

• evidence from ancient climates

• evidence from plant fossils

• evidence from human remains

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What technology did scientists use in the mid-1900s to map the mid-ocean ridge?

• satellites

• submarines

• deep-sea diving

• sonar

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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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What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• pangaea

• 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

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The theory of continental drift named a key part of this idea Pangaea. What is Pangaea?

• One of the ancient animals that helped Wegener prove that fossils from different continents originally came from the same location
•  supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past
• The underwater ocean range in the middle of the ocean
• The hot spot which gave rise to the Hawaiian Islands, among others