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1
Rougly when did pangea begin to break apart?
20 billion years ago.
Close to 1000 years ago.
Around 200 million years ago.
Yesterday.
2
What do the plates slide across?
Earth's mantle.
The lithosphere.
A dinner table.
3
Has continental drift effected the way organisms have evolved?
Yes
No
4
How are many of the mountain ranges formed around the world?
They magically appear out of nowhere.
Humans have built them from the ground up.
Tectonic plates push against each other forcing them upwards
5
How has continental drift effected evolution?
All I know is they made an Ice Age on it.
Irrelevant. Global Warming is fake.
It's changed the environments organisms live in.
Organisms die and then come back to life new and improved.
6
What did South America and Africa have to provide evidence of continental drift?
They were both in the southern hemisphere.
Similar fossils and geological features.
They both have dogs.
7
Who was the first person to present a theory on continental drift?
Thomas Edison
Alfred Wegener
Alexander Graham-Bell
William Shakespeare
8
When was plate tectonics discovered?
The day after Wegener died.
Years after Alfred Wegener passed away.
Before Wegener presented his theory on continental drift.