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Who is the German Scientist that came up with the theory of the Continental Drift?

• Albert Einstein

• Ms. Stukel

• Galileo

• Alfred Wegener

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What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

• glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature

• mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents

• all of the above

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

• Pangea

• Asia

• Pantallasa

• Eurasi

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What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

• Continents are stationary and do not move

• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

• none of the above

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List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Conduct experiment

Analyze results

Draw conclusions

Communicate results

Form a hypothesis

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How long ago is Pangaea believed to have existed?

• 200-300 million years ago

• 1000-2000 years ago

• 10,000-20,000 years ago

• 20-30 billion years ago

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According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

• Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

• Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

• Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

• South America and Africa were once connected together.

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In Seafloor Spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts or flows out 

• along the edges of all the continents

• along mid-ocean ridges

• in the deep ocean trenches

• in the north and south poles

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Which of the following is evidence that supports continental drift?

• the presence of penguins at both the equator and Antarctica

• fossils of the same plant have been found on several continents

• the presence of glacial features in Antarctica

• the presence of volcanic rock in Antarctica

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Where did Wegener find plant fossils that today would not be able to survive on that type of land?

• North America

• Antarctica

• China

• India

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