Continental Drift

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

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Andrija Mohorovicic

• Beno Gutenberg

What is Pangaea?

• the name of an ancient fossil

• the name of a supercontinent that existed million of years ago

• another name for continental drift

• the name of a German Scientist

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Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a

• landmass

• landforms

• continent

• fossil

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What made pangea split apart?

• Continental Drit

• Continental Drift

• Ocean currents

• Earths Core

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Why was Wagener's hypothesis rejected by the scientific community?!

• He was a cook

• He was a geologist

• He couldn't understand how fossils could be on seperated continents

• He couldn't explain what force was moving the landmasses

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The circular arrows inside the Earth's Mantle represent what type of motion, that drives ALL plate movement?  

• Convergent Boundary
• Ocean Currents
• Convection Currents
• Transform Boundary

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When we observe the same reptile fossil in two places, we infer ___.

• The reptile flew to a new habitat.

• The habitats used to be near each other.

• Someone buried the fossils in a new place to trick us.

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What geological forces might be responsible for this range of mountains?

• diverging tectonic plates
• erosion of the land by the ocean
• converging tectonic plates
• deposition of sediments by the ocean
  

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When did the continents break apart?

• Im asking you.

• 123,456,789 years ago

• 132,465,768,798 years ago

• 175,000,000 years ago

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

• True

• False

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