Pangea/Continental Drift/Seafloor Spreading

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 two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America
• South America and Europe
• South America and Africa
• Antartica and Africa

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

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?

• The shape of the continents
• Similar fossils found on separate continents
• Tree fossils found in odd places
• All of the above

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In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts creating new crust.

• along the edges of all the continents.

• along mid-ocean ridges.

• in deep-ocean trenches.

• at the north and south poles.

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Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L
• M
• N
• O

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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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Where have Glossopteris fossils been found?

• India

• Australia

• Antarctica

• All of them

• South America

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Mesosaurus fossils have been found on what two continents?

• India and Africa
• Africa and South America
• Antartica and Australia
• India and Antarctica

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