Alfred Wegener supported his theory of continental drift by
A) fitting together the shorelines of the African and Asian continents.
B) using satellite data to show the continents' move over time.
C) using paleomagnetic data.
D) making a connection between the rocks, rock structures, and plant and animal fossils found in both Africa and South America.
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Q23: The Mohorovicic discontinuity exists because
A)the temperature inside
Q24: The thickness of Earth's crust
A)varies from about
Q25: Isostasy is
A)the positioning of the crust in
Q26: According to the theory of seafloor spreading,
Q27: The balance of gravitational and buoyant forces
Q29: The outer core
A)has a plastic-like flow.
B)spins, which
Q30: Earth's layer with the most brittle behavior
Q32: Wegener's theory of continental drift
A)was first considered
Q33: The core of Earth is probably composed
Q56: The mantle is composed of
A)iron and nickel.
B)iron-rich
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