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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?Harry HessGalileoAlfred WegenerNewton - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is this a picture of?plate tectonicscontinental driftpangeaglacier scaring
- 3. Multiple ChoiceHow 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 not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.all of the above
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhy was Wegener's theory not accepted?He had no proof of how they were movingHe had no evidenceHe was marriedHe was not a Scientist
- 5. Multiple Choice
This German scientist first proposed continental drift theory
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Archimedes
Thomas Warner
- 6. Multiple Choice
These are remains of dead plants or animals preserved in rock.
Glaciers
Dinosaurs
Bones
Fossils
- 7. Multiple Choice
This was the super continent, where all of the Earth’s continents were connected together
Beringia
Pantheon
Pangaea
Continentia
- 8. Multiple Choice
What was the name of Alfred Wegeners Theory?
Seafloor Spreading Theory
Pangaea Theory
Plate Tectonics Theory
Continental Drift Theory
- 9. Multiple Choice
How was Wegener's theory received by other scientists at the time?
They thought it was great
They did not accept it
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the force that moves the continents?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Conveyor belts
- 11. Multiple ChoiceIn heat transfer, heat always flows from the _______________ substance to the _______________ substance.Hotter to colderColder to hotterHotter to hotterColder to colder
- 12. Multiple Choice___________________ is the type of heat transfer that occurs in fluids, such as warm air rising and cold air sinking; creating wind.ConvectionConductionRadiationinsulation.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe kind of heat transfer that travels through space in electromagnetic waves is ______________________.insulation.RadiationConductionConvection
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