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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?Albert EinsteinAlfred WegenerIsaac NewtonJohn Dalton - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?PangeaAsiaPantallasaEurasi
- 3. Multiple Choice
What causes the continents to move?
Meteors
Plate tectonics
Ocean waves
Earth's rotation
- 4. Multiple Choice
Most scientists did not believe Alfred Wegener's hypothesis about drifting land masses. Why?
He did not give enough evidence.
They thought his time table was off.
They did not like Alfred.
He could not explain how the land masses moved.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Choose all the evidence Wegener used to support his Continental Drift Hypothesis.
human remains
fossils
mountain ranges
climate evidence
the age of the Earth
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe continents move very slowly, only a few __________per year.meterskilometerscentimetersmiles
- 7. Multiple Choice
In which period are we currently living?
Precambrian
Quaternary
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which era are we in right now?
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Archean
Hadean
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is a record of Earth's geologic history as scientists have come to understand it by studying the layers of rock?
fossil record
geologic record
geologic time scale
fossil/geologic time scale
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the correct order of divisions from largest to smallest?
epoch, period, era, eon
period, era, epoch, eon
era, eon, period, epoch
eon, era, period, epoch
- 11. Multiple Choice
The part of the GTS pictured shows the Mesozoic Era. Write true or false about the following statement:
First mammals occurred during the Triassic Period.
True
False
- 12. Multiple Choice
The part of the GTS pictured shows the Mesozoic Era. Write true or false about the following statement:
The Mesozoic Era began and ended with a mass extinction.
True
False
- 13. Multiple Choice
The part of the GTS pictured shows the Mesozoic Era. Write true or false about the following statement:
Flying reptiles were first found in the Jurassic Period.
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which epoch are we in right now?
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Phanerozoic
Holocene
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which two continents have the most obvious fit which supports the continental drift theory?
Europe
Africa
Asia
South America
- 16. Multiple Choice
How does paleoclimate evidence support continental drift?
there are glaciers in tropical areas of Earth
there are glaciers in the coldest regions of Earth
there are marks left by glaciers in tropical areas of Earth
there are marks left by the scorching sun in the North Pole
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