Lesson 1 Moving Continents

A __________________ was a young German scientist, the fit of the continents and arrived at a creative explanation for this pattern.

According to Wegener’s hypothesis, the continents were once all together forming the supercontinent called ______________.

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The presence of the same _________ on several continents supports the hypothesis of continental

drift.

• rocks

• fossils

• neither a nor b

• both a and b

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Scientists at the time rejected Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift because he could not explain how or why Earth's continents move.

• True

• False

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The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called

• Continental Drift

• Continental Slope

• Magnetic reversal

• Convection

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A lack of explanation for continental drift prevented many scientists from accepting that a single supercontinent called ______ once existed.

• Glomar

• Glossopteris

• Pangaea

• Wegener

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Matching _______ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

• river systems

• rock structures

• weather patterns

• wind systems

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Matching ____ on different continents are Below are all the evidences for continental drift, that matched on different continents except ____________.

• Coal Beds

• Fossils

• Glacial Features

• Wind Systems

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What was Wegener’s conclusion related to coal deposits in Antarctica?

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