Pangea and Continental Drift

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

• Albert Einstein 

• Ms. Stukel 

• Galileo

• Alfred Wegener

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 

What is the force that moves the continents? 

• Conduction 

• Convection 

• Radiation 

• Conveyor belts 

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Originally the Continental drift theory was not well received by other scientist.  Why? 

• There was a competing theory at the time that was more believable. 

• There was no data showing the continents ever moved. 

• The scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents. 

• The scientist presenting the data was unreliable.  

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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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What is the force that moves the continents?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conveyor belts

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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What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• pangea

• glacier scaring

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What direction do Divergent plates travel?

• North and South

• East and West

• Towards each other

• Away from each other

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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