Lesson One
Pangaea is the _____ that Wegener suggested occured on Earth about 300 million years ago.
supercontinent
_____ is a device that scientist use to map the ocean floor.
Sonar
Earth plates meet at _______.
boundaries
______ of the plant Glossopteris provided evidence of Wegener's hypothesis for continental drift.
Fossils
What is the name of Michael Jackson’s signature dance move?
The moonwalk
Wegener inferred that the ancient ____ Mesosaurous and Lystrosaurus lived on a single landmass that has since split apart.
reptile
A deep-ocean trench is an underwater _____.
canyon
faults
As a continent moves _______ the poles, its climate gets colder.
toward
Which band is known for the album “Dark Side of the Moon”?
Pink Floyd
Wegener used evidence from land features. fossils, and _____ to support his theory of continental drift.
climate
Molten material erupts ____ the central valley of mid-ocean ridges.
inside
Plates slide past each other at _________ _________.
transform boundaries
The patter of magnetic stripes in rocks on either side of the mid-ocean ridge is the _______.
the same
Which wrestler-turned actor voices a character in Disney’s Moana movies?
Dwayne " The Rock" Johnson
________ drift is the idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface.
Continental
The farther from a mid-ocean ridge a rock sample is taken, the ____ the rock is.
older
A(n) _____ ____ forms where plates diverge on land.
rift valley
____ and _____ is the motion of Earth's plates.
What sports team is Will Smith a part-owner of?
The Philadelphia 76ers (NBA)
Most geologist of Wegener's time ______ his idea of drifting.
rejected
Sea-floor spreading occurs at the ____________.
mid-ocean ridges.
_____ currents drive Earth's plates.
Convection
Mountain ranges form at ______ boundaries.
comvergent
What movie won the first ever Oscar for Best Animated Film?
Shrek