Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift

Many years ago, scientists believed that the continents moved based on _______.

• wooly mammoths footprints

• coastlines that matched

• message in a bottle

An example of a continental rift is _______.

• South American Rift

• East African Rift

• Western African rift

• East Elephant Rift

An underwater chain of mountains _________.

• mid-ocean ridge

• subduction zone

• transform boundaries

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Continental drift main points of evidence ____________.

• animals, rocks, rigid plates

• rocks, climate, and fossils

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________ and _______ make up the lithosphere.

• Asthenosphere, core

• Crust, upper mantle

• Core, mantle

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess

• Galileo

• Alfred Wegener

• Newton

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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how did Pangaea break apart

• dynamite

• cave men

• Minecraft

• continental drift theory

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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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What did Wegener use as evidence to support his theory of Continental Drift?

• Puzzle-like fit

• Animal Fossils

• Glacial Etching

• Matching Weather Patters

• Similar rock types