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Wegener Open Note Quiz Review 8
Wegener Open Note Quiz Review 8
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Why was it impossible for the Mesosaurus, a swimming reptile, to swim across the oceans?
It doesn't have the energy
It died before the continents had moved
It is a freshwater animal
All of the above
2
What does PANGEA mean??
All of these
Convection
America
All Lands
3
What do we call the
IDEA
that continents slowly moved over Earth’s surface?
Continental Drift
Pangea
The Big Bang Theory
Wegener Theory
4
The remains or impression of prehistoric organism preserved in a rock is called a Fossil.
False
True
5
What did Arthur Holmes suggest?
He suggested Pangea
The mechanism or cause for continental drift
Fossil evidence
That Wegener give up on his dreams
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Wegener matched mountain ranges on opposite sides of Oceans as land evidence because they were:
the same ages
the same rock type
all of the above
the same structures
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Unfortunately Wegener's peers weren’t very receptive to his ideas. WHY??
They didn't like him
They thought he was legally insane
There was no mechanism to explain how the continents moved
The idea had already been discovered
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What was the fossil evidence that Wegener provided that were spread across ALL FIVE continents?
Fossils of the Mesosaurus
Dinosaur Bones
All of these
fossils of the seed fern (plant) Glossopteris
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Why are glaciers proof of Pangea?
They are leaving scratches in cold areas
They are cold
they would have formed in middle of ocean, close to equator
They are melting faster
10
It was hot year round 105 millions years ago, this means continents were closer to WHAT??
glaciers
hot spots
the sun
equator
11
Wegener WAS the first to do what????
Attend Memorial Middle School
To understand the layers of the Earth
Save animals on different continents
Put all the evidence together and make a strong case
12
We can use our ipads tomorrow on the open note quiz...
False
True
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Which of these types of evidence is
NOT
one of the 3 kinds of evidence Wegner studied?
Climate
Convection Currents
Land Features
Fossils
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Wegener’s ideas were recognized after his death and this theory became known as what, today?
The Theory of Plate Tectonics
The Continental Drift Theory
The Pangea Ultimate Theory
The Big Bang Theory
