Moving Continents

Wegener’s proposal of a supercontinent was supported by:

• earthquake data

• seafloor magnetism

• rock, fossil, and climate data.

• convection currents in the mantle.

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Tectonic plates are always moving. Tectonic plate _______ are places where the edges of two or more plates interact.

• boundaries

• fossils

• countries

• rivers

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Even the fastest tectonic plates only move tens of ____ every year! Wow! That's a very short distance!

• meters

• miles

• centimeters

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How was Wegener's theory received by other scientists at the time?

• They thought it was great

• They did not accept it

What evidence of an ancient organism was used to support the theory that the continents used to be joined?

• Same rocks were found on different continents

• Glacial grooves were found on different continents

• Fossilized evidence of the same organism found on different continents

• Africa and South America look like puzzle pieces that fit together

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This is a fossil fern that helped support Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift.

• Gondwanaland

• Kannemeyerid

• Mesosaurus

• Glossopteris

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What is Pangaea?

• The name of a German Scientist

• the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

• another name for continental drift

• the name of an ancient fossil

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What are two pieces of evidence used to support the theory of continental drift?

• Fossils and Pangaea

• South America and Rocks

• Rocks and Fossils

• Fossils and Africa

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A lack of explanation for continental drift prevented many scientists from accepting that a single super continent called ____ once existed.

• Glomar

• Glossopteris

• Pangaea

• Wegener

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Matching ____ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

• river systems

• rock structures

• weather patterns

• wind systems

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