Alfred Wegener
Who discovered the theory of continental drift?
What type of plate boundary moves apart from one another?
Divergent
What is the name of the super continent
Pangaea
What is the name of Ariel the little mermaid's best friend?
What did people think of Alfred Wegener when he shared his theory
Crazy
Who discovered the process of sea floor spreading?
Harry Hess
What type of plate boundary move toward each other?
What is formed when two continents collide?
Mountains
What is the name of the vice president of the USA?
JD Vance
What is the first piece of evidence that Alfred Wegener used to try to prove the theory of continental drift?
The continents fit together like a puzzle
What was the reason other scientists did not believe Alfred Wegener?
Scientists did not feel he was qualified to speak on the matter, since he was a meteorologist
He could not prove why or how it was happening
What type of plate boundary slips past each other in opposite directions?
Transforming
Rift Valley
What forms at a subduction zone?
Deep Ocean Trench
Where did Wegener go on his expeditions
The Arctic Circle
Where is the oldest rock found on a divergent plate boundary?
Furthest away from the boundary
Type of evidence that matched plants and animals to different continents
Fossil evidence
What can happen at a transforming plate boundary?
Earthquakes
Give me one example of a marsupial.
Kangaroo Tasmanian Devil
Opossum
Koala
Wombats
Sugar Glider
What is one other piece of evidence that Alfred Wegner used to support his theory?
Fossils or rocks matching on other continents
What are causing the plates to move?
Convection Currents
What do we call cracks in the middle of a plate?
Faults
What do we call the constant heating and cooling of magma in the mantle that is causing the plates to move?
Convection Currents
How many miles is in 5280 feet?
one