Alfred Wegener #1

How much of the earth is covered in land mass?

• 29%

• 75%

• 50%

• 15%

What type of scientist was Alfred Wegener?

• Meteorologist

  (He studied weather)

• Biologist

  (He studied life)

• Geologist

  (He studied Earth)

• Chemist

  (He studied matter)

What did Alfred believe?

• Continents are slowly sinking down into the middle mantle

• Continents are slowly becoming taller

• Continents are slowly moving

• Continents can't move

What does Pangea mean?

• Large Land Mass

• Big land

• Entire Earth

What do we call the time on Earth when all the continents were one huge landmass. Supercontinents.

• Continents

• Alfred Wegner

• Pangea

How many pieces of evidence did Wegener have to show his hypothesis was correct?

• 3

• 2

• 1

• 4

What was Wegener's first piece of evidence?

• Continents looking like puzzle pieces

• The evolution of organisms

• Fossil Records

• Information found from another scientist

What was Alfred Wegner's explanation of how the Mesosaurus ended up on two different continents( Africa and South America)?

• Africa and South America were connected at one time.

• The ocean froze and they walked across

What was Wegener's second piece of evidence?

• How organisms changed over time on the Earth

• Fossils of the same species were found on different continents

• That continents looked like they fit together like puzzle pieces.

What was Alfred Wegener's third piece of evidence?

• Mountains and rocks across the ocean being the same age and structure.

• Mountains across the ocean having the same groups of people living on them.

• Mountains across the ocean being the same height and length

• Mountains across the ocean having the same name.