Continential Drift & Fossils

Question 1

What occupations specializes in finding and studying fossils?

Accepted Answer

Archeologist, Palentologist

Question 2

Similar fossils are found in different places because...

Accepted Answer

They potientally could have been connected.

Question 3

What was the name of the scientist who theorized "Pangea"?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Question 4

Continental drift is the idea that...

Accepted Answer

The continents were all together at one point but drifted.

Question 5

What causes plates to move?

Accepted Answer

Heat

Question 6

Which is on top? Oceanic crust or the mantle?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic Crust

Question 7

When two oceanic plates collide it causes an...

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

Question 8

The Earth's crust is made of several segments called...

Accepted Answer

Tectonic Plates

Question 9

How far do plates move in a year?

Accepted Answer

5 cm a year

Question 10

A is the...

Accepted Answer

The youngest fossil layer.

Question 11

How does the Mesosaurus fossil support the continental drift theory?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely the Mesosaurus fossil lived in both continents., Unlikely the Mesosaurus swam between continents.

Question 12

Mountain ranges in South America line up with mountain ranges in...

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 13

What clue supports the continental drift?

Accepted Answer

Similar rock structures are found on different continents, All of the above., Fossils have been found on continents separated by oceans.

Question 14

Which fossil was found in both South America and Africa?

Accepted Answer

Cynogathus

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