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- 1. Multiple Choice
This German scientist first proposed continental drift theory
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Archimedes
Thomas Warner
- 2. Multiple Choice
These are remains of dead plants or animals preserved in rock.
Glaciers
Dinosaurs
Bones
Fossils
- 3. Multiple Choice
This was the super continent, where all of the Earth’s continents were connected together
Beringia
Pantheon
Pangaea
Continentia
- 4. Multiple Choice
This group of people were the first to recognize that the continents "fit together like puzzle pieces."
Early cartographers
Early geographers
Meteorologists
Alfred Wegener
- 5. Multiple Choice
Wegener observed scratches from glaciers in Africa and India where it is currently too hot for glaciers to form. This is considered...
Fossil Evidence
Rock Formation Evidence
Climate Evidence
Objective Evidence
- 6. Multiple Choice
Wegener noticed that the Appalachian Mountains and Caledonian Mountains line up and are made of the same rock types. This was a type of ....
Fossil Evidence
Rock Formation Evidence
Climate Evidence
Objective Evidence
- 7. Multiple Choice
Wegener found fossils of land reptiles on two different continents. This was important because
Land reptiles are often found all over the world, showing that they can survive in most climates
Land reptiles cannot swim, so the continents must have been connected for them to get across
Land reptiles are never moved around the Earth by humans, so they must have travels to these continents by themselves
Land reptiles fossilized much better than other animal species
- 8. Multiple Choice
Wegener found fossils of ancient ferns on Antarctica, this shows
That some ferns can survive temperatures well below freezing
That humans put ferns on Antarctica millions of years ago
That Antarctica drifted from a warmer climate where plants could grow
That fossils can be formed in cold climates
- 9. Multiple Choice
These people are map makers
Cartographers
Paleontologists
Geologists
Biologists
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was not a piece of evidence Wegener used to support continental drift theory?
Rock Formation Evidence
Climate Evidence
Soil Evidence
Fossil Evidence
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was the name of Alfred Wegeners Theory?
Seafloor Spreading Theory
Pangaea Theory
Plate Tectonics Theory
Continental Drift Theory
- 12. Multiple Choice
How was Wegener's theory received by other scientists at the time?
They thought it was great
They did not accept it
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why was Wegener's hypothesis not accepted?
He could not explain what force was moving the continents
He was a meteorologists, so no one took him seriously
He did not have enough types of fossils to support his theory
Because scientists thought Harry Hess' theory was better
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