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Worksheets1st Semester Final Exam Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins
Who first proposed the idea of Continental Drift?
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilee
Most geologists rejected Wegener's idea of Continental Drift because _________.
He used too many pieces of evidence to support the idea.
He wanted to know what Earth looked like millions of years ago, which is impossible.
He couldn't identify what would cause continents to move around.
They were afraid of the new idea.
Wegener used the fit of the continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.
true
false
Wegener used matching matching fossils of the same organisms on different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.
true
false
What discovery revived Wegener's idea of Continental Drift and eventually led to the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
discovery of new fossils on Africa and South America
the discovery of mid-ocean ridges and seafloor spreading
the discovery of radioactive isotopes
none of the above
Who first proposed the idea of seafloor spreading?
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
James Hutton
Nicolaus Copernicus
What technological advances led to the acceptance of Wegener's Contienental Drift hypothesis?
sonar and magnetometers mapped the ocean floor
satellite communication allowed scientists to share ideas
computers were used to model tectonic patterns
fossils of the same organism were found on separate continents
