Quiz: "A Continental Puzzle"

Who proposed the idea that continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangea?

• Isaac Newton

• • Alfred Wegener

• • Charles Darwin

• • Marie Curie

Which type of evidence did Wegener use to support his claim that continents have moved over time?

• • Written records

• • Studies of ocean currents

• • Fossil distribution and matching landforms

• • Climate data from the past 100 years

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Why did many scientists initially reject Wegener's ideas?

• • He didn't have any evidence.

• • His ideas were too similar to existing theories.

• • He couldn't explain how the continents moved.

• • His research focused only on Antarctica.

The oldest plate material can be found on ______.

• • The ocean floor

• • Deserts

• • Land

• • Rivers

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What did Wegener notice about the edges of some continents?

• • They all pointed north.

• • They seemed to match up like puzzle pieces.

• • They had the same types of animals.

• • They were all mountainous.

• True or False: Alfred Wegener’s ideas about continental drift were widely accepted during his lifetime.

• True

• False

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True or False: Fossils of tropical plants found in Antarctica supported Wegener's theory that continents have moved.

• True

• False

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True or False: The plate material that makes up the ocean floor is older than the plate material on land.

• True

• False

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True or False: The theory of plate tectonics explains the movement of continents over time.

• True

• False

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True or False: Wegener is credited with discovering the process by which continents move.

• True

• False

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