Continental Drift

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

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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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

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What was Alfred Wegners theory called?

• seafloor spreading

• The continental drift

• plate tectonics

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Where did Wegener find plant fossils that today would not be able to survive on that type of land?

• North America
• Antarctica
• China 
• India

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What do you call the evidence of Wegener's Theory that tells about the remains of an organism that lived long time ago?

• Ashes

• Bones

• Follicles

• Fossils

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The continents move very slowly, only a few __________per year.

• meters
• kilometers
• centimeters
• miles

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What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

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

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How many continents are there?

• 12

• 7

• 2

• 35

What did Alfred Wegener study first?

• Math

• Spanish

• Weather

• Gym

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