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Continental drift
Continental drift
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The scientist that proposed the theory of continents drifting was
Newton
Yellowstone
Einstein
Wegener
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Glossopteris
was found on many continents now separated by oceans. We know this from
rocks
fossils
climate
bones
3
If you could move N.America and Europe next to each other, separate mountain ranges would form
many trenches
one mountain range
a Glossopteris
glacial grooves
4
Wegener's ideas were not widely accepted while he was alive because he could not explain
the evidence
why continents moved
how long it took
glaciers melting
5
Wegener noticed the eastern coast of South America matched the shape of the western coast of
India
North America
Africa
Antarctica
6
All of the continents were once part of a supercontinent called
Grand canyon
Pangaea
Pantagonia
Wegener
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If the continents continue to drift, what might happen?
the oceans will cover the land
they will not continue to drift
a new supercontinent will form
the sun will explode
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Evidence that South America once had glaciers is a
conintent clue
rock clue
fossil clue
climate clue