Evidence of Continental Drift

What is the name of the ancient continent that existed 250 million years ago?

• Laurasia

• Gonwonaland

• Pangaea

• Europa

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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The best evidence that the continents were once connected is that they have matching

• Weather, fossils, and Rock Types

• Rock types, fossils, puzzle piece fit of continents

• Coastlines, weather, rock types

• Coastlines, weather, fossils

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Based on the map, what is the best conclusion?

• Africa and South America were once joined due to the presence of similar salt deposits

• Asia and Antarctica were once joined due to the presence of coal swamps

• Africa was once a colder climate due to the glaciated state of its climate in the past

• Asia was once an underwater sea world

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

• Harry Hess

• Galileo

• Alfred Wegener

• Newton

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The theory of continental drift named a key part of this idea Pangaea. What is Pangaea?

• One of the ancient animals that helped Wegener prove that fossils from different continents originally came from the same location

•  supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past

• The underwater ocean range in the middle of the ocean

• The hot spot which gave rise to the Hawaiian Islands, among others

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This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?

• Africa has always been near the equator

• Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate

• The continents have not moved

• sea floor spreading

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Why was Wegener's theory not accepted?

• He had no proof of how they were moving

• He had no evidence

• He was married

• He was not a Scientist

Where would the youngest rock be found?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Are the parts of the Earth where one slab of the crust is slowly sliding under another.

• Subduction

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

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