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- 1. Multiple Choice
He has credited for the idea on Continental Drift?
Alfred Lothar Wegener
Charles Darwin
Harry Hammond Hess
Robert Dietz
- 2. Multiple Choice
What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
Africa and North America
South America and Africa
South America and Europe
Antarctica and Africa
- 3. Multiple Choice
All continents were once joined together forming a supercontinent called____
Panthalassa
Gondwanaland
Laurasia
Pangaea
- 4. Multiple Choice
It's possibly the most important fossils plant evidence that continents are drifting.
Glossopteris
Lystrosaurus
Mesosaurus
Cynognathus
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which among the choices was NOT used by Wegener as an evidence to support the Continental Drift Theory?
rocks
fossils
climate
magnetic reversal
- 6. Multiple Choice
What are the evidences gathered by Alfred Wegener to support his Continental Drift Theory?
continental fit,rocks, fossils,coal deposits, ancient climate, and glaciers scars
ancient climate in Antarctica and Africa
remains of dead plants and animals
observing the map
- 7. Multiple Choice
How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together
Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could no have supported the organism that made the fossils
Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans
All of the choices
- 8. Multiple Choice
Originally the Continental drift theory was not well received by other scientists. Why?
There was a competing theory at the time was more believable
There was no data showing the continents ever moved.
The scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents
The scientist presenting the data was unreliable
- 9. Multiple Choice
If coal beds are found in Antarctica, What can you infer about the location of this continent form the past?
cold
tropical
extreme-cold
extreme- hot
- 10. Multiple Choice
If you were a cartographer, What will give you an idea that the continents were once joined?
ocean depth
shape of the continents
position of the south pole
size of the Atlantic Ocean
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