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Continental Drift
Test Description: Review Alfred Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Alfred Wegener called the supercontinent
A
Eurasia
B
All lands
C
Wegenerland
D
Pangaea
2) Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener’s idea of continental drift because
A
Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago.
B
Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis.
C
they were afraid of a new idea.
D
Wegener could not identify a force that could move the continents.
3) Which of the following was not used by Wegener as evidence of continental drift?
A
The fit of the continents.
B
Evidence of glacial scratches continents found near the equator.
C
Magnetic reversals on the seafloor.
D
Fossils that were found on different continents.
4) The slow movement of land over the earth's surface called?
A
Subduction
B
Continental Wandering
C
Sea-floor spreading
D
Continental Drift
5) Evidence that supports the theory of continental drift has been provided by
A
glacial deposits
B
all of these
C
coal fields
D
fossils
6) Continental crust is
A
thinner than oceanic crust
B
denser oceanic crust
C
less dense than oceanic crust
D
floats on top of the oceanic crust
7) Ocean crust is made up mainly of
A
basalt
B
molten material
C
granite
D
iron
8) How does the Mesosaurus fossil evidence support the continental drift theory?
A
because the Mesosaurus lived millions of years ago, when scientists believe the continents began to
B
because it's unlikely that the Mesosaurus existed on both continents.
C
because it's unlikely that the Mesosaurus could swim between continents
D
The Mesosaurus fossil evidence does not support the continental drift theory. It proves it wrong.
9) Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?
A
Harry Hess
B
Alfred Wegener
C
Galileo Galilee
D
Albert Einstein
10) What evidence proved that South America, Africa, India, and Australia were once covered by glaciers?
A
enormous valleys formed by glaciers
B
cold climates
C
leftover portions of glaciers
D
glacial deposits and rock surfaces scarred by glaciers
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