ES Plate Tectonics

Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegner

• Eratosthenes

• Archimedes

Who modified the Continental Drift Theory?

This device was used to map the ocean floor and eventually led to discovery of the Mid-Ocean Ridges and Ocean Trenches

• SONAR

• Echo Sounding

• Submarines

• GPS

Landmass in the Continental Drift Theory

• Pangaea

• Triassic

• Laurasia

• Gondwanaland

First person to have the idea that continents move

• Eduard Seuss

• Abraham Ortelius

• Robert Mantovani

• Frank Bursely Taylor

What were the evidences that the Continental Drift happened?

• Fossils, Climate Mismatches, Rocks, and Mountains

• Fossils, Disease, Rocks, Weather, Glaciers, and Mountains

• Disease, Plants, Animal Remains, Technology, Glaciers, and Mountains

• Creation of Hemispheres, Fossils, Land Bridges, Glaciers, and Mountains

Seafloor stripes on either side of the ridge

• Magnetic Anamoly Detection

• Seafloor Magnetic Stripes

• Reversals

• Glacier Indifference

The rocks closest to the central ridge were the youngest

• TRUE

• FALSE

After approximately a million years, the poles remain the same position (N->S or S->N)

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Continental Drift was confirmed by scientists that it actually happened.

• TRUE

• FALSE