Continental Drift/Seafloor Spreading

Who was the scientist who hypothesized continental drift?

• Wegener

• Hess

• Darwin

• Einstein

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All the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart describes the hypothesis of

• plate tectonics

• seafloor spreading

• continental drift

• mid-ocean ridges

What is the name of the super continent that formed when the continents drifted together?

• Rodinia

• Pangaea

• Gondwana

• Lurasia

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Which is NOT a type of evidence Wegener used to support continental drift?

• land evidence

• climate evidence

• ocean evidence

• fossil evidence

What was used as land evidence for continental drift?

**SELECT ALL THAT APPLY**

• Mountains

• fossils

• coal beds

• glacial deposits

Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is a(n)

• stone

• organism

• rock

• fossil

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Glossopteris fossils being on 5 different continents and mesosaurus being found on S. America and Asia supports which type of evidence?

• Land

• Fossil

• Climate

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Spitsbergen being in the Arctic ocean but containing tropical plant fossils supports which piece of evidence?

• land

• fossil

• climate

• ocean

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Because Wegener could not explain how/why the continents were moving, his hypothesis was

• Accepted

• Rejected

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Undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced is a ____________

• seafloor spreading

• deep ocean trench

• Mid-ocean ridge

• continental drift

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