Plate Tectonics

Who is the German Scientist that came up with the theory of the Continental Drift? 

• Albert Einstein 
• Ms. Stukel 
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener

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Originally the Continental drift theory was not well received by other scientist.  Why? 

• There was a competing theory at the time that was more believable. 
• There was no data showing the continents ever moved. 
• The scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents. 
• The scientist presenting the data was unreliable.  

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What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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Identify the Major Plate labeled B

• African Plate
• Antarctic Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Eurasian Plate 

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Identify the Major Plate labeled I

• African Plate
• Antarctic Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Eurasian Plate 

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Identify the Major Plate labeled N

• African Plate
• Antarctic Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Eurasian Plate 

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Which of these explains that Earth's outer layer is broken into large slowly moving pieces? 

• Plate Tectonic Theory
• Continental Drift 

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Which explains that the continents were once joined together and over time they broke up and then drifted apart?

• Plate Tectonic Theory
• Continental Drift 

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Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...

• America, Greenland, and Europe.
• Antarctica, India, and America.
• all of Earth’s continents.
• South Africa, India, Australia, and South America.

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Peer scientists reviewing Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift rejected his notion because

• His evidence was too few to make a valid conclusion 
• He did not explain how continents move and what moves them
• His evidence was not clear in showing  how continents were joined
• He lied by including false evidence

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