Convection Pangea and Continental Drift

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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

• Albert Einstein 

• Ms. Stukel 

• Galileo

• Alfred Wegener

What is the force that moves the continents? 

• Conduction 

• Convection 

• Radiation 

• Conveyor belts 

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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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The idea that the continents move around the Earth's surface is called?

• Pangea

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

• sea-floor spreading

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The theory that explains the movement of continents over time

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

• Plate Motion

• Seafloor Spreading

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What is the force that moves the continents?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conveyor belts

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The hypothesis that Pangaea was a supercontinent that broke apart causing the continents to move into their current locations is known as continental ______.

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Hypothesis that the continents once formed a single land mass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations is called?

• Landmass shift

• Mass break away

• Continental Drift

• Wet Pancaking

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

• Harry Hess

• Alfredo Sauce

• Alfred Wegener

• Alfred the Butler

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