History of Life on Earth

Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago.  This continent is called

• America
• Super Earth
• Pangea
• Eurasia

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Wegener wondered how fossil and living creatures

• ended up on different continents
• got frozen in ice
• died
• created earthquake waves

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Wegener noticed that the edges of some continents

• were exactly the same
• overlapped each other
• were covered with mountains
• fit together like puzzle pieces

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HUGE slabs of rock called __________ float on molten rock below.

• plates
• mountains
• mid-ocean ridges
• mantle

If plates move in the direction show in the picture, what will likely occur?

• Mountain Formation
• Earthquakes
• Trench formation
• Volcanic island formation

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Why do plates move? 

• Convection currents in the mantle cause plates to move.
• The outer core spins
• The inner core is magnetic
• The plates are floating on an ocean

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The study of the origin, history and structure of the solid earth.

• geology

• meteorology

• astronomy

• oceanography

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The study of the earth's atmosphere.

• geology

• meteorology

• astronomy

• oceanography

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The study of the universe beyond the earth?

• geology

• meteorology

• astronomy

• oceanography

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A possible explanation or solution to a problem.

• observation

• hypothesis

• conclusion

• theory

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