Continental Drift Theory

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

• North America

• Antarctica

• China 

• India

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• pangea

• glacier scaring

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Fossil evidence of the land animal Lystrosaurus has been found in the same geological layer on the continents of Africa, India, and Antarctica. These continents are now separated by major bodies of water. The discoveries of these fossils help to prove the theory of -

• sea floor spreading

• continental drift

• glacial impact

• evolution

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Alfred Wegener discovered hat the coast lines of some continents match up like a jigsaw puzzle piece. An example of this is the coastline of South America and the coastline of Africa. This information helped Alfred Wegener form his theory of

• Continental Drift

• Convection currents

• Ocean basins

• Glacial evidence

What types of plates converge to make the boundary shown above?

• Continental plates converging with continental plates

• Continental plates converging with oceanic plates

• Oceanic plate converging with an oceanic plate

• Ridge plate converging with oceanic plates.

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The modern model of the Plate Tectonic Theory suggests that the continents and the major tectonic plates drift slowly on —

• the ocean

• the Earth's Core

• the upper layer of the Earth's Mantle

• the atmosphere

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Which of the following land features would most likely be formed at the boundary in the diagram?

• Folded Mountain Chain

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Canyon

• Volcano

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Scientists have observed that when oceanic plates and continental plates collide, the oceanic plate is driven under the continental plate. The MOST LIKELY reason for this phenomenon is -

• the convection currents in the mantle.

• water applies a downward force on the oceanic plate.

• the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.

• the continental plate is wider than the oceanic plate.

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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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Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess

• Galileo

• Alfred Wegener

• Newton

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