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Continental Drift
Continental Drift
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1
What does Pangea mean?
Together
All lands
One land
Combined lands
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This image shows ______________ evidence of continental drift.
rock
glacier
fossil
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Which of these is NOT evidence of continental drift?
Glaciers completely melted
Continents fit like puzzle pieces
Fern fossil found on lots of continents
Freshwater animal fossil separated by oceans
4
Mountain ranges line up is evidence of continental drift.
FALSE
TRUE
5
What are some evidence of continental drift included what?
ancient Fossils
water
dirt
planets
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Wegener was able to prove how Pangea split and moved
False
True
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Was the Theory of Continental Drift Accepted?
Yes
Not for a long time
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Evidence for continental drift included
coal being discovered in the Middle East
rocks that were different on every continent
the same fossils found across continents
magnetic rocks that all pointed the same way
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Who theorized the continental drift?
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Ben Franklin
Harry Hess
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Which of these is NOT evidence of continental drift?
Mountain ranges line up
Ocean water changed color
Freshwater animal fossil separated by oceans
Coal fields match up.
11
Evidence for continental drift includes how similar the coast line is of these two continents:
Australia and Antarctica
N. America and S. America
S. America and Africa
Africa and N. America
12
Continental drift describes one?
The movement of the mantle
ocean floor features including mountains
Magma generation, igneous intrusions, metamorphism,
one of the earliest ways geologists believed continents moved over time
13
Equator moved from center of Earth to the poles is evidence of continental drift.
TRUE
FALSE
14
Which of these is NOT evidence of continental drift?
Equator moved from center of Earth to the poles.
Warm climate fossils found in cold climates.
Glacier markings (scratches) in warm climate.
Coal fields match up.
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Which of these is NOT evidence of continental drift?
Fern fossil found on lots of continents
Warm climate fossils found in cold climates
Glacier markings (scratches) in warm climate
Plants had feet and moved around
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Continents fit like puzzle pieces is evidence of continental drift.
FALSE
TRUE
17
Glacier markings (scratches) in warm climate is evidence of continental drift.
FALSE
TRUE
18
True or false.. Paleoclimate data or past climate data is supporting evidence of the theory of the continental drift?
True
False
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Which of the following is NOT a type of evidence for continental drift?
Fossils
Electromagnetic field
Coal deposits
Rock formations
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Continents fit like puzzle pieces is evidence of continental drift.
TRUE
FALSE
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Who came up with the Continental Drift Theory
Alfred Vegner
Alfred Wegner
Alfrad Wegener
Tony Stark
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Why wasn't Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift believed?
He didn't have evidence
He wasn't a real scientist.
No one liked him
He couldn't explain why it happened
23
Freshwater animal fossils separated by oceans is evidence of continental drift.
TRUE
FALSE
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What did he say Pangea looked like?
A jigsaw puzzle
Scissors
Australia actually isn't there
That the Earth is flat
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continental drift
the preserved remains of things that lived long ago
a process in which continents slowly move over time
a scientist who studies the makeup of the earth
26
What theory created Pangea
Theory of everything
Theory of life
Theory of darkness
Continental Drift
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What is pangea...?
Super continent
Land
Volcano
Water
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Alfred Wegener supported his continental drift theory using evidence from...
Landforms, fossils, and climate
Marie Tharp's mapping the ocean floor using sonar
Landforms, fossils, and sea-floor spreading
Fossil records and ocean floor magnetic polarity
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What are Wegener’s three types of evidences for continental drift?
land features, climate, & magnetic stripes
land features, fossils, & climate
fossils, molten material, & climate
molten material, magnetic stripes, & drilling samples
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Fern fossil found on lots of continents is evidence of continental drift.
TRUE
FALSE
