Chapter 12, Section 1: Continental Drift
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This quiz assesses basic knowledge over the theory of continental drift.
Questions and Answers
- 1.The presence of the same __________________________ on several different continents supports the theory of continental drift.
- A.
Rocks
- B.
Fossils
- C.
Neither a or b
- D.
Both a and b
- 2.Who came up with the idea of continental drift?
- A.
Harry Hess
- B.
Alfred Wegener
- C.
Albert Einstein
- D.
Abraham Ortelius
- 3.Fossils of warm weather plants found in the Antarctic would be related to ___________________________.
- A.
Rocks
- B.
Sea floor spreading
- C.
Climate
- D.
Dinosaurs
- 4.The large super-continent that was thought to have existed was called ______________________________.
- A.
Pangaea
- B.
Mesosaurus
- C.
Glossopteris
- D.
Laurasia
- 5.The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current location is called ______________________________________________.
- A.
Seafloor spreading
- B.
Continental slope
- C.
Continental drift
- D.
Convection current
- 6.Most scientists disagreed with Wegener's idea of drifting continents because _________________________________________________________________.
- A.
He had come up with a lot of other bad ideas in his life time.
- B.
He did not have enough evidence to support his theory.
- C.
He was thought to have mental problems.
- D.
He had too much evidence.
- 7.Rock clues were used to support the theory of continental drift because ______________________________________________________________.
- A.
Similar rock structures were found on different continents.
- B.
The Appalachian Mountains looked completely different than the mountains on Greenland.
- C.
Fossils were found in the rocks.
- D.
None of the above.
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