Evidence of Continental Drift

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Einstein
• Alfred Wegener
• Isaac Newton
• John Dalton

What is the theory that states that parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core.

• Theory of Evolution
• Heliocentric Theory
• Geocentric Theory
• Continental Drift Theory

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What do you call the evidence of Wegener's Theory that tells about the remains of an organism that lived long time ago?

• Ashes
• Bones
• Follicles
• Fossils

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

• Pangea
• Asia
• Pantallasa
• Eurasi

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What causes the continents to move?

• Magma

• Tectonic Plates

• Earthquake

• convection currents in the mantle

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What are the two continents the fits together based on Wegener's Theory?

• Asia and Russia
• India and Asia
• South America and Africa
• Africa and Asia

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What are the remains of organism noticed by Wegener that are found the same in two continents?

• Leaves and flowers
• Ice and mountains
• Plants and animals
• Dinosaurs and reptiles

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What is a theory?

• An idea based on hypothesis and problems observed using five senses
• A belief, policy, or procedure that is not proposed or followed as the basis of action
• A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
• A set of concepts that uses tests without evidences but uses the scientific method in order to prove a specific phenomena that happened on Earth or may happen to Earth

Which type of information was NOT collected by Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• glacial deposits
•  fossils
• seafloor magnetic data
• rocks

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How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

• Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
• Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
• Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
• all of the above

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