Evidence for Continental Drift
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- Q1Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?Harry HessGalileo GalileiAlbert EinsteinAlfred Wegener30s
- Q2Which of the following would NOT be direct evidence that Continental Drift occurred some time in the distant past?Continents currently move several meters per yearAncient fossils from distant continents are identicalRocks and geological structures are identical, or very similar, on different continentsThe shapes of the continents appear to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle30s
- Q3Why was Wegener so puzzled about finding fern fossils in Antarctica?He thought there would be fossils of animals that ate ferns as well, but he could not find these fossilsHe thought all the paleoglaciation on Antarctica would have scraped away the fossils.The same fossils were found on other continents, ferns are a warm-climate plant, and polar climates have never been mild enough to for ferns to surviveDuring magnetic reversals, Antarctica would have become warmer, but not warm enough for ferns to grow30s
- Q4Although Wegener presented an interesting theory of continental drift, his ideas were not treated kindly by the scientists of his time. What was the one part of his continental drift theory that he could not convince others was possible?That common fossils existed on different continentsThe fact that mountain ranges, valleys and paleoglaciation evidence matches on different continentsThe appearance that the shapes of many continents seem to fit together like a jigsaw puzzleThe way that continents move through solid ocean floors30s
- Q5The theory of continental drift named a key part of this idea Pangaea. What is Pangaea?The underwater ocean range in the middle of the oceanOne of the ancient animals that helped Wegener prove that fossils from different continents originally came from the same locationA supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant pastThe hot spot which gave rise to the Hawaiian Islands, among others30s
- Q6Which of the following locations did not belong to Pangaea?AntarcticaIndiaHawaiiAfrica30s
- Q7Which of the following was not used as evidence for Wegener's theory of Continental Drift?Magnetic anomalies on the seafloorFossils that were common to many continentsThe geometric fit of the continents.Evidence of glaciation on widely separated continents30s
- Q8What is the theory of Continental Drift?the belief that continents have moved slowly apart to their current locationson Earthhe belief that continents have quickly moved apart to their current locations on Earththe belief that continents are moving slowly together from their current locations on Earththe belief that continents have always been located at their current locations on Earth30s
- Q9What evidence proved that South America, Africa, India, and Australia were once covered by glaciers?cold climatesglacial deposits and rock surfaces scarred by glaciersleftover portions of glaciersenormous valleys formed by glaciers30s