Continental Drift

What 3 things did Wegener study to support his ideas? Mark all THREE.

• matching fossils

• matching land features

• matching forces

• climate change

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Earthquakes occur at _____ boundaries.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• All 3

What is the force that moves the continents? 

• Conduction 
• Convection 
• Radiation 
• Conveyor belts 

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What is the name of the supercontinent that existed 225 million years ago?

• Australia

• Gonwandaland

•  Laurasia

• Pangaea

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What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• evidence from landforms
• evidence from fossils
• evidence from human remains
• evidence from climate

Convergent plates move in what direction?

• North and South

• They slide past each other

• They move towards each other

• They move in opposite directions

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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What do these color strips show between South America and Africa with the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

• Similar cultures

• Similar fossils

• Similar languages

• Similar weather

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Wegener's idea of Continental Drift was rejected by geologists because _________.

• He used too many pieces of evidence to support the idea.

• He wanted to know what Earth looked like millions of years ago, which is impossible.

• He couldn't identify why or how the continents to moved around.

• They were afraid of the new idea.

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The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ____.

• near continents

• at mid-ocean ridges

• far from mid-ocean ridges

• near Asia

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