Who is credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

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Alfred Wegener
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According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, what was the state of the continents?
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The continents were once joined together in a single landmass.
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What was the name of the supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis?
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Pangaea
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What geological feature is produced by a collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary?
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Folded mountain range.
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What type of boundary is formed when tectonic plates collide?
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Convergent boundary.
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What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?
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Plate tectonics.
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What is the name of the ocean that surrounded Pangaea?
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Panthalassa.
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