Dynamic Earth

Why didn't the geological society members accept Wegener's theory of continental drift?

• He was too young to know. 
• He couldn't name a force strong enough to move the plates.
• He was shy and couldn't talk to them.
• He was too argumentative.

Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?

• The shape of the continents
• Similar fossils found on separate continents
• Tree fossils found in odd places
• All of the above

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America
• South America and Europe
• South America and Africa
• Antartica and Africa

What is represented by the picture? 

• Sea-floor spreading
• Pangea
• How the continents are arranged today
• Volcanoes

This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel

• Outer Core
• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Crust

Which crust is thicker

• ocean
• continental
• bread
• pizza

Convection currents occur in what layer of the earth?

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Inner Core
• Mantle 

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?

• crust
• inner core
• mantle
• lithosphere

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

• Tectonic plates on the crust move.
• The mantle increases in size.
• Pressure in the crust increases.
• Pressure in the crust decreases.