Continental Drift

What is the theory that states that parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core.

• Theory of Evolution
• Heliocentric Theory
• Geocentric Theory
• Continental Drift Theory

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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 is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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What causes the continents to move?

• Magma

• Tectonic Plates

• Earthquake

• Convection Currents

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What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that present day glacial deposits are found at the equator?

• puzzle pieces 
• rock and glacial deposit evidence
• fossil evidence
• mountain range evidence

Wegener noticed that the Appalachian Mountains and Caledonian Mountains line up and are made of the same rock types. This was a type of ....

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Formation Evidence

• Climate Evidence

• Objective Evidence

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This picture is an example of which type of evidence?

• matching fossil

• matching land formation

• climate change

• memorial movement

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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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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

Wegner's geologic evidence for Continental Drift comes from the Caledonian and Appalachian mountains which are made of the same __________ and are the same ________.

• rock; trees
• volcanic rock; age
• oceanic rock; age
• volcanic rock; size

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