Continental Drift & Ice Cores

What can scientists use to study how Earth's climate and atmosphere have changed over time?

• Ice cores

• Index fossils

• Law of Superposition

• Radioactive dating

Which is the best reason for scientists to study ice cores obtained from Earth’s ice caps?

• to evaluate potential oil drilling sites

• to study the quality of water stored in glaciers

• to determine the rate of melting in polar regions

• to study past climates by analyzing trapped gases and particles

What theory states that Earth's continents are slowly drifting apart due to plate tectonics?

• Theory of Continental Drift

• Theory of Evolution

• Heliocentric Theory

• Geocentric Theory

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What causes continental drift?

• Convection currents

• Rock deposition

• Seafloor spreading

• Earthquakes

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What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?

• Pangea

• Pantallasa

• Eurasia

• Gondwanaland

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What are the three pieces of evidence that supports the Theory of Continental Drift?

• Rocks, climate, fossils

• Rocks, land masses, climate

• Law of Superposition, fossils, weather

• Vegetation, fossils, rocks

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Who is the scientist who created the Theory of Continental Drift?

• Alfred Wegener

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?

• 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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