Wegener and Continental Drift

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First proposed Continental Drift:

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Alfred Wegener

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Wegener's supercontinent where all continents were joined.

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Pangaea

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Most geologists rejected Wegener's Continental Drift idea because...

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He couldn't identify what would cause continents to move.

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Wegener's evidence for Continental Drift: fit of continents.

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true

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Wegener used matching mountain ranges across continents as evidence for Continental Drift.

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true

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Wegener used matching fossils of the same organisms on different continents as evidence for Continental Drift.

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true

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Wegener used evidence of glaciers in currently warm areas to support his Continental Drift hypothesis.

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true

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Wegener's hypothesis of Continental Drift was supported by magnetic striping on the seafloor showing polar reversals.

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false

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Wegener used matching rock types and ages across continents as evidence for Continental Drift.

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true

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Wegener's hypothesis of Continental Drift was supported by mantle convection currents.

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false