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1. What are the evidences gathered by Alfred Wegener to support his Continental Drift Theory?
A. continental fit, rocks, fossils, coal deposits, ancient climate, and glaciers scars
B. the ancient climate of Antarctica and Africa
C. remains of dead plants and animals
D. observing the map
2. What two specific continents fit together most noticeably in the world map?
A. Africa and North America
B. South America and Africa
C. South America and Europe
D. Antarctica and Africa
3. It is possibly the most important fossil plant evidence that continents are drifting.
A. Mesosaurus
4. What can you say about the ages of oceanic crust near and far from the mid-oceanic ridge?
A. Oceanic crust is younger near the ridge but older far from it.
B. Oceanic crust is older near the ridge but younger far from it.
5. What type of plate boundary is occurring in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
A. Convergent Plate Boundary
6. Describe the thickness of sediments near and far from the mid-oceanic ridge:
A. The sediments are thinner near the ridge but thicker as you go far from it.
B. The sediments are thicker near the ridge but thinner as you go far from it.
C. The thickness of the oceanic sediments near and far from the ridge is the same.
D. The sediments are unevenly distributed.
7. Early observers thought continents might have been joined based on what observation?
A. rocks and fossils
B. Lystrosaurus
C. Glossopteris
D. Cynognathus
C. Oceanic crust materials have the same ages.
D. The Oceanic crust does not age.
B. Transform Fault Plate Boundary C. Divergent Plate Boundary D. Destructive Boundary
B. magnetism
C. earthquakes
D. coastline
8. Wegener suggested that coal beds discovered in Antarctica indicated that this continent was:
D. part of Africa
A. once underwater
B. always frozen.
C. once near the equator.
9. In the Mid-1900s, scientists mapped mid-ocean ridges using
A. Satellites
10. The idea proposed by Alfred Wegener to explain the continental shapes and positions is known as
A. Pangaea
B. Sonars
C. Stars
D. Moons
B. Plate tectonic
C. Continental drift
D. Seafloor spreading
Transcribed Image Text:1. What are the evidences gathered by Alfred Wegener to support his Continental Drift Theory? A. continental fit, rocks, fossils, coal deposits, ancient climate, and glaciers scars B. the ancient climate of Antarctica and Africa C. remains of dead plants and animals D. observing the map 2. What two specific continents fit together most noticeably in the world map? A. Africa and North America B. South America and Africa C. South America and Europe D. Antarctica and Africa 3. It is possibly the most important fossil plant evidence that continents are drifting. A. Mesosaurus 4. What can you say about the ages of oceanic crust near and far from the mid-oceanic ridge? A. Oceanic crust is younger near the ridge but older far from it. B. Oceanic crust is older near the ridge but younger far from it. 5. What type of plate boundary is occurring in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? A. Convergent Plate Boundary 6. Describe the thickness of sediments near and far from the mid-oceanic ridge: A. The sediments are thinner near the ridge but thicker as you go far from it. B. The sediments are thicker near the ridge but thinner as you go far from it. C. The thickness of the oceanic sediments near and far from the ridge is the same. D. The sediments are unevenly distributed. 7. Early observers thought continents might have been joined based on what observation? A. rocks and fossils B. Lystrosaurus C. Glossopteris D. Cynognathus C. Oceanic crust materials have the same ages. D. The Oceanic crust does not age. B. Transform Fault Plate Boundary C. Divergent Plate Boundary D. Destructive Boundary B. magnetism C. earthquakes D. coastline 8. Wegener suggested that coal beds discovered in Antarctica indicated that this continent was: D. part of Africa A. once underwater B. always frozen. C. once near the equator. 9. In the Mid-1900s, scientists mapped mid-ocean ridges using A. Satellites 10. The idea proposed by Alfred Wegener to explain the continental shapes and positions is known as A. Pangaea B. Sonars C. Stars D. Moons B. Plate tectonic C. Continental drift D. Seafloor spreading
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