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Pangaea and Continental Drift

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1
What does the theory of Continental Drift state?
Continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth
Continents are never in motion
Continents once were in motion, but aren't anymore
Continents are in constant motion on the surface of Mars
2
Sediments deposited by what have appeared in South America and Africa?
Volcanoes
The Ocean
Mountains
Glaciers
3
Fossils of what plant have been found on many continents that are now separated by oceans?
Pteridospermatophyta
Lepidodendron
Annularia
Glossopteris
4
What are the two types of crust?
Divergent and Convergent
Continental and Landformed
Oceanic and Continontal
Continental and Oceanic
5
The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans are called...
Mid-Oceana Ridges
Mountain Belt
Mid-Ocean Ridges
The Center
6
Which of the following was not evidence Wegener used to prove Continental Drift?
Human Bones
Fossils of plants
Climate
Fossils of animals
7
Why were scientists skeptical about the continental drift hypothesis?
Wegener couldn't explain why the continents could move
The continents couldn't move through the solid rock mantle
There was no evidence of the continents moving
The continents don't fit together correctly
8
What is Pangaea?
A pokemon
A supercontinent that had all of the continents except one
A modern continent
A supercontinent that contained all of the continents
9
How much do the continents move every year?
A couple of feet
A couple of centimeters
A couple of centimeteres
A couple of inches
10
Who came up with Pangaea and proposed the theory of Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Hitchcock
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin