Continental Drift Hypothesis

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• John Dalton

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In the early 1900's Alfred Wegener found evidence of identical rock types, identical fossils, and matching mountain ranges on different continents that are on opposite sides of an ocean.  What could be the explanation for these observations?

• All animals can swim extremely long distances 

• These observations have no significant meaning.

• In the past, continents were not located where they are today but were joined together 

• mountains are made through the same processes therefore they are very similar in their structure throughout the entire world.

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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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What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• pangea

• glacier scaring

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Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• John Dalton

Mia and Noah are working on a geography project about the history of Earth's continents. They come across the theory that explains the movement of continents over geological time. They want to know the name of the scientist who proposed the continental drift theory. Can you help them out? Who is it?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

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Mia and Noah are working on a geography project about the history of Earth's continents. They come across the theory that explains the movement of continents over geological time. They want to know the name of the scientist who proposed the continental drift theory. Can you help them out? Who is it?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

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The theory of ​ (a)   was proposed by Alfred Wegner in 1912.

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

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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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What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 

• glacier scars and evidence from temperature

• mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

• all of the above