Continental Drift - Sea-floor spreading - Mantle Convection

What is the force that moves the continents?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conveyor belts

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Where did Wegener find plant fossils that today would not be able to survive on that type of land?

• North America

• Antarctica

• China

• India

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What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory?

• Fossils, Fish, and Land

• Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate

• Fossils, Land forms, and Climate

• Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphic rock

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Who is the German Scientist that came up with the theory of the Continental Drift?

• Albert Einstein

• Ms. Stukel

• Galileo

• Alfred Wegener

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What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

• glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature

• mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents

• all of the above

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What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?

• Pangea

• Asia

• Pantallasa

• Eurasi

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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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Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?

• He could not explain HOW the continents moved

• He didn't have evidence

• His data was wrong

• He didn't use the right technology to gather data

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How long ago is Pangaea believed to have existed?

• 200-300 million years ago

• 1000-2000 years ago

• 10,000-20,000 years ago

• 20-30 billion years ago

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What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and basin

• lower and upper

• thick and thin