9.1 Continental Drift
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- Q1German Scientist in 1915 who came up with the hypothesis for continental driftAlfred WegenerAlfred SmithsonianAlfred EinsteinAlfred the butler300s
- Q2What is the Hypothesis of Continental Driftthe continents did not movethe continents were once joined in a super continentthe continents are all the same thickness and heightthe continents were all made of the same material300s
- Q3What was the super continent calledPangerinePaneraPandaPangaea300s
- Q4What process CONSTANTLY changes the shore lines of continents?ThunderstormsErosionTsunamisHuman activity300s
- Q5Fossil evidence for Continental Drift includes several fossils found on ____________ landmasses.differentlowerlargesandy300s
- Q6Wegener reasoned that the creatures would not have been able to cross the vast oceans of modern day.FalseTrue300s
- Q7What is the type of evidence is used that supports the idea that the Appalachian Mountains are connected to mountain chains in the British Isles and Scandinavia?Rock type and structuresOcean SalinityLarge sea birdsDeposition of Lakes300s
- Q8When Wegener was studying ancient climates what was the evidence he used to support his continental drift hypothesis?ice cores from the Sahara sand dunesGlacial movementsthe heat index of continental desertsOcean surface waves300s
- Q9When glaciers move, they drag massive boulders and other materials along that can do what to the bedrock below?Cause the bed rock to change its chemical compositionGlaciers make no change to bedrockRemove only certain mineral materialsLeave long scratches in the bedrock that show the direction of glacial movements300s
- Q10What was a main criticism from other scientist about Wegener's Hypothesis, and the reason it was rejected at the time?He was unable to show that the Moon was strong enough to pull the continents.He was not confident in the way he presented his evidenceHe was over enthusiastic about his findingsHe was unable to describe a mechanism that could move the continents across the globe300s
- Q11Most scientist in Wegener's day rejected his hypothesisFalseTrue300s