Evidence of Continental Drift

What are the remains of organism noticed by Wegener that are found the same in two continents?

• Leaves and flowers

• Ice and mountains

• Plants and animals

• Dinosaurs and reptiles

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How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

• Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.

• Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.

• Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.

• all of the above

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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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The similarities between the Appalachian mountains and the Scottish highlands provides evidence for which process?

• fossilization

• climate change

• continental drift

•  glacial retreat

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Match the following

• Missing Clues

• Wegener could not explain what forces caused continents to move

• Climate Clues

• glacial grooves and sediment from glaciers found in South America, Africa, India, and Australia

• Fossil Clues

• naturally preserved remains of similar ancient organisms have been found on sever continents separated by oceans

• Rock Clues

• mountain ranges and rock formations on different continents have common origins

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Evidences of Continental Drift: (alphabetical) ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​
(d)  

• Coastlines

• Fossils

• Ancient climates

• Mountain ranges

• Land bridges

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A strong piece of evidence for continental drift is the presence of fossils of the ​ (a)   on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. It was a freshwater reptile that would not be able to swim across an entire ocean!

• Mesosaurus

• Tyrannosaurus Rex

• Velociraptor

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Wegener observed scratches from glaciers in Africa and India where it is currently too hot for glaciers to form. This is considered...

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Formation Evidence

• Climate Evidence

• Objective Evidence

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Wegener found fossils of ancient ferns on Antarctica, this shows

• That some ferns can survive temperatures well below freezing

• That humans put ferns on Antarctica millions of years ago

• That Antarctica drifted from a warmer climate where plants could grow

• That fossils can be formed in cold climates

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What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that present day glacial deposits are found at the equator?

• puzzle pieces 

• rock and glacial deposit evidence

• fossil evidence

• mountain range evidence