Layers of the Earth and Continental Drift
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- Q1In which layer of the Earth do convection currents occur (it is a solid that can bend and move like silly putty)mesosphereasthenosphereouter corelithosphere30s
- Q2How are oceanic crust and continental crust different?Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crustOceanic crust is thinner and lighter than continental crustOceanic crust is thicker and denser than continental crustOceanic crust is thicker and lighter than continental crust.30s
- Q3Who proposed the theory of continental drift?Alfred WegenerEduard Seussgeologist Baily Willisgeologist Alexander du Toit30s
- Q4Which of the following is NOT evidence used to support Continental Drift?the continents seem to fit like a puzzleevidence of glaciers in areas that are too warm for glaciers now.the similar climate all around the equatorsimilar fossils on continents that are very far away from each other30s
- Q5The lithosphere includes which layer(s) of the Earthcrustcrust and asthenosphereouter core and inner corecrust and upper mantle30s