Continental Drift

What two continents most obviously look like they fit together?

• South America and Africa

• Asia and South America

• North America and Africa

• Europe and Asia

• South America and Africa

• Asia and South America

• North America and Africa

• Europe and Asia

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What was the name Alfred Wegner gave to the super continent that he thought must have existed?

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What is the first piece of evidence for Wegner's Continental Drift theory?

• fossil records

• puzzle like fit of the continents

• rock correlation

• paleo climate data

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How did Wegner think the fossils of the Mesosaurus ended up on two different continents?

• The mesosaurus swam across the ocean

• The fossils were not the same animal.

• The mesosaurus evolved independently but identically in two different continents.

• The continents were joined together at one time in the past.

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On which continents can the fossils of Lystrosaurus be found?

• South America and Africa

• India and Africa

• Antarctica, India and Africa

• • Australia, Antarctica, Africa and South America

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What does Fossil Correlation mean?

• Fossils found in the ocean.

• Identical animal or plant fossils found on different continents.

• Fossils that match up and look like each other.

• Identical fossils found in rocks.

Why is rock and mountain correlation evidence for Continental Drift?

• Fossil correlation and mountain correlation are both evidence for Continental Drift.

• The mountains in North America line up exactly with mountains in Europe.

• It is unlikely that identical mountains with the same geologic structure would form on different continents at the same time.

• Wegner couldn't explain how rocks ended up on either side of the ocean.

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Why are there no glaciers in South America or Africa?

• South America and Africa never had glaciers. 

• Because they are too close to the equator and it's too warm for glaciers.

• They used to be in a different location.

• Glaciers are massive chunks of frozen water.

Why is it weird that we have so many coal deposits in cold regions of the earth?

• They are fossil remains of plants that come from extremely low temperatures.

• They are fossil remains of tropical plants that can't survive in cold temps.

• Because they are so hard to get to and mine for fuel.

• Because they should not be where the fossils are

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Why were Wegner's ideas about Continental Drift rejected by the scientific community?

• He froze to death in the Antarctic.

• There wasn't enough evidence.

• Continents don't move.

• He couldn't explain HOW the continents were moving.

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