Wegener

Most geologists rejected Wegener's idea of Continental Drift because _________.

• He didn't have enough evidence to support his idea.

• He wanted to know what the Earth looked like millions of years ago, which was impossible.

• He didn't have a good explanation of what would cause continents to move around.

• They were afraid of the new idea.

Wegener used the fit of the continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Wegener used matching matching fossils of the same organisms on different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Wegener used evidence of glaciers in places now too warm as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Wegener used matching rock types and ages across different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

The east coast of South America seems to fit into the wet coast of Africa, this evidence for Continental Drift is called...

• fit/shape of continents

• fossil evidence

• geologic evidence

• climate evidence

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Another piece of evidence in the theory of Continental Drift is evidence of a giant fern named Glossopteris which originally came from a ___________________ climate.

• Arid (hot and dry all year)

• Tropical (hot and humid all year)

• Arctic/Antarctic (cold and snowy all year)

• temperate (seasons change)

Scientists did not believe Wegner's theory because Continental Drift is a slow process and there is no explanation for...

• how to measure the continents.

• how the continents move.

• Wegener being a silly man.

• Antarctica having fern fossils.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Wegner used the following as pieces of evidence...

• fit/shape of continents

• geologic and fossil

• climate

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What 3 things did Wegener study to support his ideas? Mark all THREE.

• matching fossils

• matching land features

• matching forces

• climate change

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1