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1.Who was the scientist that proposed the theory of continental drift?
a. Alfred Wegener
b. Georg Simon Ohm
c. Jesse Reno
d. Albert Einstein


2. When was Alfred Wegener born?
a. 2161
b. 1880
c. 1961
d. 2006


3. What is the name of the book that Wegener wrote?
a. Once upon a continent
b. Origins of Continents and Ocean
c. Give me Astrology, therefor I am
d. Stars back to earth


4. How many years ago did Wegener calculate that the continents were primarily together?
a. 2,000
b. 10,000,000
c. 200 million
d. 26 A.D.


5. What was the name of the Supercontinent?
a. Geinmaho
b. Pangaea
c. Philolophilis
d. Supercontinent


6. In what two countries were similar mammals found?
a. America & Hawaii
b. New York & Connecticut
c. India & Madagascar
d. France & Italy


7. What was one evidense that Wegener proposed?
a. The stars fell from the sky
b. The animals flew overseas
c. The continents can be fit together like a jigsaw puzzle
d. There were similar ocean water


8. On numerous continents, what did scientist notice?
a. Same type of plant fossils
b. Same type of dragon fossils
c. Same type of water
d. Same type of Air


9. In what region was presence of coal deposits found?
a. North Polar
b. South Polar
c. West Polar
d. East Polar


10. What year did controversy start to stir about Wegener's theory?
a. 1920s
b. 50,000 B.C.
c. 2003
d. 1640


11. One scientist that helped reinforced Wegener's theory on continental drift?
a. A.L. Dutoit
b. Nikola Tesla
c. Georg Ohm
d. Hertz


12. What was Wegener's occupation besides geology?
a. Biologist
b. Chemist
c. Zoologist
d. Meteorologist


13. What was the name of the Scottish scientist that suggested thermal convention?
a. Arthur Holmes
b. Sherlock Holmes
c. Arthur McBaine
d. John Singleton


14. On what continent was evidense not found?
a. Africa
b. South America
c. Asia
d. Antartica


15. By what kind of geologist didn't accept Wegener's theory
a. British Physicist
b. American geologists
c. Scottish geologist
d. South American geologists


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