Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
Harry Hess
Galileo
Alfred Wegener
Newton
2. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What is this a picture of?
plate tectonics
continental drift
pangea
glacier scaring
3. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What does the theory of continental drift state?
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
Continents are stationary and do not move
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
none of the above
4. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?
Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces
glacier scars and evidence from temperature
mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents
all of the above
5. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?
He could not explain HOW the continents moved
He didn't have evidence
His data was wrong
He didn't use the right technology to gather data
6. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
Africa and North America
South America and Europe
South America and Africa
Antartica and Africa
7. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
How long ago is Pangea believed to have existed?
200-300 million years ago
1000-2000 years ago
10,000-20,000 years ago
20-30 billion years ago
8. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What does the word Pangea mean?
big land mass
old land
all land
9. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
How does evidence of glaciation in Africa support the Theory of Continental Drift?
It shows that the continents must have been in a different location.
It doesn't.
I shows that it was colder at the equator in the past.
It shows that it was warmer at the equator in the past.
10. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
What is the force that moves the continents?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Conveyor belts
11. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What are the two types of crust?
continental and oceanic
ocean and basin
lower and upper
thick and thin
12. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What is Pangaea?
the name of a German scientist
the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
another name for continental drift
the name of an ancient fossil
13. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
evidence from landforms
evidence from fossils
evidence from human remains
evidence from climate
14. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of
subduction
plate tectonics
evolution
seafloor spreading
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Isaac Newton
John Dalton
16. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What causes the continents to move?
Magma
Tectonic Plates
Earthquake
All of the choices
17. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What are the remains of organism noticed by Wegener that are found the same in two continents?
Leaves and flowers
Ice and mountains
Plants and animals
Dinosaurs and reptiles
18. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
What is a theory?
An idea based on hypothesis and problems observed using five senses
A belief, policy, or procedure that is not proposed or followed as the basis of action
A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
A set of concepts that uses tests without evidences but uses the scientific method in order to prove a specific phenomena that happened on Earth or may happen to Earth