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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who is the scientist that developed the Continental Drift Theory?
Anton Wagner
Alfred Wegener
Archie Bunker
Alfonso Ribeiro
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the Theory of Continental Drift?
There is a gravitational force that is acting on Earth's land masses, pulling them apart at a rate of 1-2 cm per year.
The continents are located exactly where they will remain for the next 250 million years.
The Earth was once a molten mass that has since cooled and contracted, separating the continents by vast oceans.
The continents were once together in one large land mass but they have since drifted apart.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?
Pangea
Panera
Polymorphism
Palendrome
- 4. Multiple Choice
What do you call the evidence of Wegener's Theory that tells about the remains of an organism that lived long time ago?
Bones
Folicles
Fossils
Ashes
- 5. Multiple Choice
What type of evidence supported Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift?
Evidence of Climate C
hange
Fossils
Mountain Ranges and landforms
All of the Above
- 6. Multiple Choice
One of the pieces of fossil evidence Wegener found was from a fern-like plant called what?
Gabagool
Glossopteris
Gladiolus
Gargantuan
- 7. Multiple Choice
What are the two continents that fit together based on Wegener's Theory, and that sparked his curiosity to find further evidence to support it?
India and Asia
Russia and North America
Africa and South America
Africa and Asia
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is a theory?
an indisputable observation of a natural or supernatural phenomenon
a widely held but false belief or idea rooted in careful observation but faulty scientific method, but which attempts to bring together many facts and hypotheses thought to be true
something that has no possibility of any other result; something that you know will happen in a particular way
a carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world that has been constructed using the scientific method, and which brings together many facts and hypotheses.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory?
Fossils, Fish, and Land
Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphosis
Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate
Fossils, Land forms, and Climate
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the force that moves the continents?
Convection Currents in the Mantle
Radiation in the Mantle
Convection Currents in the Outer Core
Conduction in the Mantle
- 11. Multiple Choice
What makes up Earth's lithosphere?
Crust & Lower Mantle
Mantle & Core
Upper Mantle & Crust
Upper Mantle & Core
- 12. Multiple Choice
The layer of Earth that is moving as explained by Wegener in his Theory of Continental Drift.
Thermodynamic Plates
Tectonic Lithosphere
Tectonic Plates
Lithospheric Crust
- 13. Multiple Choice
Originally the Continental drift theory was not well received by other scientist. Why?
The scientific technology to prove the movement in Earth's crust did not yet exist.
Scientist thought Alfred Wegener was a crazy little man
All of the above
Scientists could not explain how the continents were moving
- 14. Multiple Choice
There were glacial scars found on rocks in the deserts of Africa. What are these evidence for?
Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
Africa has always been near the equator
Sea floor spreading
The continents have not moved
- 15. Multiple Choice
The movement of tectonic plates is caused by what?
Thermodynamics
Earth's Rotation
Movement in the mantle
Gravitational Pull
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which layer is the largest layer of the Earth?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which form of heat transfer is in the asthenosphere and causes the tectonic plates to move around?
conduction
convection
radiation
condensation
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which layer of Earth is broken up into tectonic plates?
lithosphere
asthenosphere
mesosphere
core
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which layer is the only liquid layer of the Earth?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which layer(s) of Earth are made of denser materials such as iron and nickel? Check all that apply.
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the two types of crust?continental and oceanicocean and basinlower and upperthick and thin
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat drives tectonic plate movement?gravitycoriolis effectconvection currentsthe earth's magnetic core
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?evidence from landformsevidence from fossilsevidence from human remainsevidence from climate
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