Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Quiz

Who proposed the theory of continental drift?

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

• Alfred Wegener

What evidence supports the theory of continental drift?

• The discovery of new planets

• The development of the steam engine

• The presence of similar fossils on different continents

• The invention of the telescope

What was the initial belief about the formation of mountains before Wegener's theory?

• Mountains formed from meteor impacts

• Mountains formed because the Earth was cooling and contracting

• Mountains formed due to volcanic eruptions

• Mountains formed from ocean currents

What discovery in the 1960s helped support Wegener's theory?

• The discovery of convection currents within the mantle

• The invention of the microscope

• The discovery of the atom

• The invention of the airplane

What is the structure of the Earth composed of?

• Mantle, ocean, sky, and space

• Crust, ocean, atmosphere, and space

• Core, ocean, atmosphere, and crust

• Crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core