What does the theory of Continental Drift state?

Continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth

Which best describes how mountains are evidence for Continental Drift?

Matching rock types means they formed in the same time/place

A supercontinent that contained all of the continents

Which best describes how Mesosaurus fossils are evidence for Continental Drift?

The mesosaurus couldn't swim in salt water

Why were scientists skeptical about the continental drift hypothesis?

Wegener couldn't explain why the continents could move

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Pangaea and Continental Drift

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What does the theory of Continental Drift state?
Continents weren't in motion, but now they are
Continents are never in motion
Continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth
Continents once were in motion, but aren't anymore
2
Which best describes how mountains are evidence for Continental Drift?
Mismatching rock types means they formed in the same time/place
Matching rock types means they formed in the same time/place
Matching rock types means they formed at a different time/place
Mismatching rock types means they formed at a different time/place
3
Fossils of what plant have been found on many continents that are now separated by oceans?
Annularia
Glossopteris
Pteridospermatophyta
Lepidodendron
4
What is Pangaea?
A supercontinent that contained all of the continents
A supercontinent that contained half of the continents
A supercontinent that had all of the continents except one
A supercontinent that contained none of the continents
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Who came up with Pangaea and proposed the theory of Continental Drift?
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Wegener
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Edison
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Which best describes how Mesosaurus fossils are evidence for Continental Drift?
The mesosaurus couldn't walk
The mesosaurus couldn't swim in fresh water
The mesosaurus couldn't swim in salt water
The mesosaurus could only fly
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Which of the following was not evidence Wegener used to prove Continental Drift?
Fossils of animals
Human bones
Fossils of plants
Climate
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Why were scientists skeptical about the continental drift hypothesis?
Wegener couldn't explain why the continents could move
Wegener didn't have evidence
The continents don't fit together correctly
There was no evidence of the continents moving
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Sediments deposited by what have appeared in South America and Africa?
Glaciers
Volcanoes
Mountains
The Ocean

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