What causes the force that moves the continents?
Continental Drift 2023.

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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Convection in the mantle.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a theory?
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An explanation of all of the facts that are known.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which piece of evidence did Wegener NOT use in his theory?
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There were the remains of bridges built by humans to connect the continents.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which two continents fit together most noticeably?
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South America and Africa.
5.
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What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
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Evidence from human remains.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is continental drift?
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The movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other.
7.
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Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
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Alfred Wegener.
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