Evidences of Continental Drift Theory

Who is the German Scientist that came up with the theory of the Continental Drift? 

• Albert Einstein 
• Ms. Stukel 
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener

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What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory? 

• Fossils, Fish, and Land
• Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate
• Fossils, Land forms, and Climate
• Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphic rock 

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Where did Wegener find plant fossils that today would not be able to survive on that type of land?

• North America
• Antarctica
• China 
• India

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When Wegener looked at maps he noticed Africa and South America ____________ lined up. 

• Lakes
• islands
• Hills 
• Mountain Ranges 

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This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?

• Africa has always been near the equator
• Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
• The continents have not moved
• sea floor spreading

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What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
• glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature
• mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents
• all of the above

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The following are animal fossil evidences of the Continental Drift theory except?

• Glossopteris
• Cynognathus
• Lystrosaurus
• Mesosaurus

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What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above

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Which of the following was not used by Wegener as evidence of continental drift?

• Evidences of glacial scratches continents found near the equator

• Fossils that were found on different continents

• Magnetic reversals on the seafloor

• The fit of the continents