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WorksheetsEvolution of Continental Drift
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who developed the Continental Drift Theory?
Albert Wegener
Alfred Wegener
Some guy named 'Boris'
Albert Vegener
The book that Wegener published on the theory was titled...
The Origins of Continents and Oceans
The Origins of Continents
The Nature and Movement of Continents
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Continent
Who, of the following, is not credited in transferring Wegener's evidence into a full scientific theory?
Jason Morgan
Dan McKenzie
Xavier le Pichon
J. Tuzo Wilson
Antonio Snider published a map that showed which two continents joined together?
Australia and Antarctica
Asia and Europe
South America and Africa
Gondwanaland and Laurasia
In what year did F.B. Taylor envisage 'mighty creepy movements' that turned out to be tectonic plate movements?
1910
1965
1858
1904
In what year did Wegener die?
1960
1930
He's still alive, I saw him working at Aldi the other day
1940
What is Francis Bacon most famous for?
Discovering similar rock structures across multiple continents
Noticing coastlines of different continents 'fit together'
Mmmmm....bacon!
Proposing that ocean floor was made in the middle of the ocean and spread outwards
Arthur Holmes discovered what type of currents?
Ocean currents
Wind currents
Convection currents (in mantle)
Blackcurrants
Which came first: Discovery of symmetrical magnetic stripes or discovery of seafloor spreading?
Discovery of symmetrical magnetic stripes
Discovery of seafloor spreading
Both occurred in the same year
I'm still trying to figure out whether the chicken or the egg came first. Hold on.
S. K. Runcorn discovered...
Polar wandering
Tertiary mountain belts
Wifi
Seafloor spreading
