Continental Drift Hypothesis

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 could Wegener not correctly explain about his theory of continental drift?

• Connection of fossils

• Rock types aligning 

• What it feels like to be in a weather balloon for  52 hours

• The force responsible for the continents moving

Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• Similar mountain ranges found on the eastern side of South America and the western side of Africa.

• Identical fossils found on different continents.

• Erosion and Weather appears on Mountain Ranges across the world.

• Glacial erosion found in Australia India,and Africa.

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent

• Supreme Continent

• N.A.S.E.A.A.A

• Wegner World

• Pangea

What discovery caused scientists to rethink Wegener's continental drift theory?

• discovery of earthquake activity in California

• discovery of the ring of fire in the Pacific Ocean

• discovery of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Ocean

• discovery of deep trenches off the coast of South America

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The two mountain ranges that Wegener used as evidence of Continental Drift, because they fit together almost perfectly are...

• Appalachian and Rockies

• Rockies and Caledonian

• Appalachian and Caledonian

• Rockies and Swiss Alps

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What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and basin

• lower and upper

• thick and thin

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Who first proposed the idea of Continental Drift?

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilee

What did Wegener name the large supercontinent where all the continents were joined together?

• Wegenerland

• Gondwanaland

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

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

• He used too many pieces of evidence to support the idea.

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

• He couldn't identify what would cause continents to move around.

• They were afraid of the new idea.

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