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What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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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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Why did other scientists have a hard time believing Wegeners theory of continental drift?

• He could not explain HOW the continents moved
• He didn't have enough evidence
• His evidence  was wrong
• He didn't use the right technology to gather data

Look at the picture. Which fossil is most likely younger?

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the geologic principle that states that in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock, each layer is older than the rock above it and younger than the rock below it

• erosion

• absolute age

• law of superposition

• relative age

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Look at the picture. Which fossil is most likely older?

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What are the two continents the fits together based on Wegener's Theory?

• Asia and Russia
• India and Asia
• South America and Africa
• Africa and Asia

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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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