Earth Science Final Review

_______________ proposed the continental drift theory.

Select the evidence that DOES NOT support the theory of continental drift.

• Select the evidence that supports the theory of continental drift.

• the slow movement of Earth's plates

• Rock layers of the same age and composition are separated around the globe

• Earth's continents look like puzzle pieces that could fit together

• The motion of Earth's oceans

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To support his Continental Drift theory, Alfred Wegener studied fossils found on different continents. He discovered that Lystrosaurus fossils provided good evidence that supported his ideas concerning tectonic plate movement. How do Lystrosaurus fossils support the Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics theory? 

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  Fossils of Lystrosaurus are only located along  convergent boundaries. This is solid evidence for plate tectonics

• Lystrosaurus fossils are found in Africa, India, and Antarctica. They could not swim that distance to travel to each of these continents.

• Lystrosaurus is related to turtles and toroises

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Identical rock types, identical fossils, and very similar mountain ranges are found on different continents that are separated by a wide ocean. What best explains these observations?

Answer explanation

This is evidence that the continents were once joined together in the past.

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____________ is the name given to the last supercontinent.

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Alfred Wegener's theory that continents slowly moved over Earth's surface.

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The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents

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The force that moves large plates across the surface of the Earth.

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A deep valley along the ocean floor where oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.

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The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary