Evidence of Continental Drift

Are the parts of the Earth where one slab of the crust is slowly sliding under another.

• Subduction zone

• Inner Core

• Convection currents

• Outer core

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Where would the Oldest rock be found?

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Which type of information is NOT the best support of evidence to support continental drift hypothesis?

• glacial deposits from colder climate found in a warmer climate such as Africa.

• sea shell fossils found at the top of a mountain

• oceanic rocks found on the ocean seafloor

• same species of swamp plants found on two different continents

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What evidence did Wegener have for his theory of continental drift?

• He had no good evidence.

• He knew that plant and animal fossils as well as rock layers matched up in South America and Africa.

• He explained how the continents moved

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What does the theory of continental drift state?

• Based on evidence the continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

• Based on evidence 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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Fossils of ferns have been found on what two continents and what does this suggest?

• India and Africa; Africa once once a colder climate

• Africa and South America; South America was once a colder climate.

• Africa and Australia; Africa was once under water

• Africa and Antarctica; Antarctica was once a warmer climate

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According to the chart, what remains of organisms are found on the continents?

• Leaves and flowers

• Ice and mountains

• Plants and animals

• Dinosaurs and reptiles

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According to the continental drift hypothesis and the chart, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

• Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

• Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

• Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

• South America and Africa were once connected together.

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This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What does this evidence support?

• 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 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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