Continental Drift

What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory?

• Fossils, Fish, and Land

• Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate

• Fossils, Land forms, and Climate

• Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphic rock

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

• evidence from landforms

• evidence from fossils

• evidence from human remains

• evidence from climate

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What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• pangaea

• glacier scaring

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What was Wegener’s continental drift idea?

• The continents have moved slowly apart to their current locations.

• The continents have always been located at their current locations.

• The continents are moving slowly together from their current locations.

• None of these

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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 two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America

• South America and Europe

• South America and Africa

• Antarctica and Africa

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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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Wegener found fossils of land reptiles on two different continents. This was important because

• Land reptiles are often found all over the world, showing that they can survive in most climates

• Land reptiles cannot swim, so the continents must have been connected for them to get across

• Land reptiles are never moved around the Earth by humans, so they must have travels to these continents by themselves

• Land reptiles fossilized much better than other animal species

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True or False-Similar fossil records across continents was evidence for continental drift.

• True

• False

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True or False-The continents including the continental margins can be pieced together to form a single whole continent.

• True

• False

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