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Continental Drift
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1
Who came up with the Continental Drift Theory
Alfred Wegner
Alfred Vegner
Alfrad Wegener
Tony Stark
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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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Mountain ranges line up is evidence of continental drift.
TRUE
FALSE
4
Glacier markings (scratches) in warm climate is evidence of continental drift.
TRUE
FALSE
5
This image shows ______________ evidence of continental drift.
rock
fossil
glacier
6
What are some evidence of continental drift included what?
dirt
planets
water
ancient Fossils
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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.
He couldn't explain why it happened
No one liked him
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Wegener was able to prove how Pangea split and moved
True
False
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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
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Which of these is NOT evidence of continental drift?
Warm climate fossils found in cold climates.
Equator moved from center of Earth to the poles.
Coal fields match up.
Glacier markings (scratches) in warm climate.
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Which of these is NOT evidence of continental drift?
Fern fossil found on lots of continents
Freshwater animal fossil separated by oceans
Continents fit like puzzle pieces
Glaciers completely melted
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What does Pangea mean?
Together
One land
All lands
Combined lands
13
Which of these is NOT evidence of continental drift?
Ocean water changed color
Freshwater animal fossil separated by oceans
Coal fields match up.
Mountain ranges line up
14
Which of these is NOT evidence of continental drift?
Warm climate fossils found in cold climates
Glacier markings (scratches) in warm climate
Fern fossil found on lots of continents
Plants had feet and moved around
15
Alfred Wegener supported his continental drift theory using evidence from...
Landforms, fossils, and sea-floor spreading
Landforms, fossils, and climate
Fossil records and ocean floor magnetic polarity
Marie Tharp's mapping the ocean floor using sonar
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Fern fossil found on lots of continents is evidence of continental drift.
TRUE
FALSE
17
What did he say Pangea looked like?
That the Earth is flat
A jigsaw puzzle
Scissors
Australia actually isn't there
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What is pangea...?
Land
Water
Super continent
Volcano
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Which of the following is NOT a type of evidence for continental drift?
Rock formations
Coal deposits
Electromagnetic field
Fossils
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Equator moved from center of Earth to the poles is evidence of continental drift.
TRUE
FALSE
21
Continents fit like puzzle pieces is evidence of continental drift.
FALSE
TRUE
22
Who theorized the continental drift?
Albert Einstein
Ben Franklin
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
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Continents fit like puzzle pieces is evidence of continental drift.
FALSE
TRUE
24
Evidence for continental drift included
magnetic rocks that all pointed the same way
the same fossils found across continents
coal being discovered in the Middle East
rocks that were different on every continent
25
What are Wegener’s three types of evidences for continental drift?
land features, fossils, & climate
land features, climate, & magnetic stripes
molten material, magnetic stripes, & drilling samples
fossils, molten material, & climate
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What theory created Pangea
Theory of darkness
Continental Drift
Theory of life
Theory of everything
27
Continental drift describes one?
ocean floor features including mountains
Magma generation, igneous intrusions, metamorphism,
The movement of the mantle
one of the earliest ways geologists believed continents moved over time
28
Evidence for continental drift includes how similar the coast line is of these two continents:
S. America and Africa
N. America and S. America
Africa and N. America
Australia and Antarctica
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Freshwater animal fossils separated by oceans is evidence of continental drift.
FALSE
TRUE
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Was the Theory of Continental Drift Accepted?
Yes
Not for a long time
