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Wegener Open Note Quiz Review 8
Wegener Open Note Quiz Review 8
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What does PANGEA mean??
All of these
All Lands
America
Convection
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Wegener WAS the first to do what????
To understand the layers of the Earth
Attend Memorial Middle School
Put all the evidence together and make a strong case
Save animals on different continents
3
What was the fossil evidence that Wegener provided that were spread across ALL FIVE continents?
fossils of the seed fern (plant) Glossopteris
Fossils of the Mesosaurus
Dinosaur Bones
All of these
4
The remains or impression of prehistoric organism preserved in a rock is called a Fossil.
True
False
5
What do we call the
IDEA
that continents slowly moved over Earth’s surface?
Wegener Theory
Continental Drift
The Big Bang Theory
Pangea
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Wegener’s ideas were recognized after his death and this theory became known as what, today?
The Pangea Ultimate Theory
The Theory of Plate Tectonics
The Continental Drift Theory
The Big Bang Theory
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It was hot year round 105 millions years ago, this means continents were closer to WHAT??
hot spots
the sun
equator
glaciers
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Why was it impossible for the Mesosaurus, a swimming reptile, to swim across the oceans?
It doesn't have the energy
It died before the continents had moved
It is a freshwater animal
All of the above
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Wegener matched mountain ranges on opposite sides of Oceans as land evidence because they were:
all of the above
the same ages
the same rock type
the same structures
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We can use our ipads tomorrow on the open note quiz...
True
False
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Which of these types of evidence is
NOT
one of the 3 kinds of evidence Wegner studied?
Climate
Convection Currents
Land Features
Fossils
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Unfortunately Wegener's peers weren’t very receptive to his ideas. WHY??
There was no mechanism to explain how the continents moved
They didn't like him
The idea had already been discovered
They thought he was legally insane
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Why are glaciers proof of Pangea?
they would have formed in middle of ocean, close to equator
They are melting faster
They are leaving scratches in cold areas
They are cold
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What did Arthur Holmes suggest?
Fossil evidence
He suggested Pangea
The mechanism or cause for continental drift
That Wegener give up on his dreams
