Wegener and Plate Tectonics

Who is this?

• Will Fortier

• Rob Friedly

• Alfred Wegener

• Sir Isaac Newton

Alfred Wegener was a scientist. He earned a degree in ​ ​ (a)   and worked as a ​ (b)   .

• astronomy
• meteorologist
• scientist
• geologist
• biologist

Wegener found evidence of the ​ (a)   ​ in ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   .

• mesosaurus
• Brazil
• western Africa
• Iowa
• mosquito
• Wisconsin
• Greenland
• Appalachian Mountains

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Alfred Wegener died in _________ collecting data to support his hypothesis.

• Germany

• Greenland

• Africa

• Wisconsin

Which area matches the limestone layers of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Scotland's Highlands

• Atlas Mountains

• Himalayas

• Caribbean Sea

Which tectonic plate do you live on?

• Pacific Plate

• Nazca Plate

• North American Plate

• African Plate

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Tectonic Plates are often made of ​ continental and ​ (a)   crust.

• oceanic
• mantle
• asthenosphere
• core
• soft
• tasty

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Continental Crust is ​ (a)   and Ocean Crust is ​ (b)   .

• older
• younger
• harder
• softer
• better
• more expensive

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Select all that are believed to be true about Pangaea

• All Lands

• Scrat the squirrel from ice age

• Believed to exist 200 Million Years Ago

• None of these

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According to the Theory of Plate Tectonics there is a driving force in the mantle that moves the tectonic plates.... What is this driving force?

• Convection Currents

• Weather Balloonist

• Gravity

• Wifi

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