Continental Drift

An enormous single large landmass known as _______ was hypothesized. 

• Pannotia

• Pancake

• Pangea

• Rodinia

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The evidence that rocks closer to the mid ocean ridges are younger than rocks farther away supports the theory of:

• sea floor spreading

• subduction

• plate tectonics

• Big Bang theory

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An underwater mountain chain that is formed by sea-floor spreading is called a 

• divergent boundary

• subduction zone

• mid-ocean ridge

• convergent boundary

Who came up with the theory of sea floor spreading?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

• Ancient Greeks

• Albert Einstein

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Where does sea floor spreading happen?  

• At the rift valley along the mid ocean ridges

• At deep sea trenches

• At the ring of fire

• at the pacific ocean

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What evidences do scientists use to support the continental drift theory?

• rocks, fossils, air

• rocks, fossils, climate

• rocks, water, ice

• rocks, fossils, human beings

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The oldest crust (rocks) are found ______ the mid-ocean ridge.

• Farthest

• Nearest

The youngest crust (rocks) are found _______ the mid-ocean ridge.

• Farthest

• Nearest

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Why was Wegener's theory forgotten?

• It was not a good theory.

• He did not publish his theory.

• He did not have money.

• He could not explain how the continents could move.

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What evidence did Wegener have for his theory of continental drift?

• He had no evidence.

• He knew that plant and animal fossils, as well as rock layers, matched on two continents of Africa and South America.

• He explained how continents moved apart.

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