When Wegener looked at maps he noticed Africa and South America ____________ lined up.
Continental Drift and Plate Boundaries

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Mountain Ranges
2.
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What is the force that moves the continents? Options: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Conveyor belts
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Convection
3.
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Why was the Continental drift theory originally not well received by other scientists?
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The scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for? Options: Africa has always been near the equator, Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate, The continents have not moved, sea floor spreading
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Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is this a picture of?
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Pangea
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Fossil plants on different continents are evidence of Continental Drift.
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TRUE
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Why did no one believe Wegener's theory?
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He could not explain HOW the continents moved
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