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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was Wegener’s continental drift idea?
The continents have moved slowly apart to their current locations.
The continents have always been located at their current locations.
The continents are moving slowly together from their current locations.
None of these
- 2. Multiple Choice
True or False-Similar fossil records across continents was evidence for continental drift.
True
False
- 3. Multiple Choice
True or False-The continents including the continental margins can be pieced together to form a single whole continent.
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
True or False-The magnetic polarity evidence indicates that there were two north magnetic poles in the geologic past.
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.
Pandora
Gandowandaland
Pangaea
Percia
- 6. Multiple Choice
The remains or traces of ancient life are called ____________.
bones
remanents
fossils
none of the above
- 7. Multiple Choice
What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory?
Fossils, Fish, and Land
Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate
Fossils, Land forms, and Climate
Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphic rock
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the force that moves the continents?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Conveyor belts
- 9. Multiple Choice
Originally the Continental drift theory was not well received by other scientist. Why?
There was a competing theory at the time that 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.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThis is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for?Africa has always been near the equatorAfrica was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climateThe continents have not movedsea floor spreading
- 11. Multiple Choice
What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?
Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces
glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature
mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents
all of the above
- 12. Multiple Choice
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
- 13. Multiple Choice
What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
Africa and North America
South America and Europe
South America and Africa
Antarctica and Africa
- 14. Multiple Choice
How long ago is Pangaea believed to have existed?
200-300 million years ago
1000-2000 years ago
10,000-20,000 years ago
20-30 billion years ago
- 15. Multiple Choice
The continents move very slowly, only a few __________per year.
meters
kilometers
centimeters
miles
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is evidence that supports continental drift?the presence of penguins at both the equator and Antarcticafossils of the same plant have been found on several continentsthe presence of glacial features in Antarcticathe presence of volcanic rock in Antarctica
- 17. 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
- 18. Multiple Choice
the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
divergent boundary
mid ocean ridge
convergent boundary
sea floor spreading
- 19. Multiple Choice
a switch in the direction of Earth's magnetic field so that the magnetic north pole becomes the magnetic south pole and the magnetic south pole becomes the magnetic north pole
magnetic reversal
sea floor spreading
continental drift
divergent boundary
- 20. Fill in the Blank
What is the sea that separates Laurasia and Gondwanaland?
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