Why did the general public start to believe Tharp and Heezen's findings?
A filmmaker captured evidence on film
In the 1940s, why did many men leave university and work?
To fight in WWII
When you care about something a lot and put a lot of effort into it, it's your . . .
passion
What does pilot (the verb) mean?
To control or steer something
What is a synonym for cultured?
Cosmopolitan
What did Heinrich Berann do?
He painted the maps
What is a certificate?
An official document
How did Tharp get the information she used to make her maps of the seafloor?
They used an echo sounder
What did Doc Ewing do for Tharp?
He hired her as a research assistant
What did Marie Tharpe's Dad do for work?
He was a soil surveyor.
Because men joined the war, what good thing happened to the women at home?
Women had more job and school opportunities
Why was the continental drift theory not taken well?
It changed a lot of information scientists have been working with for a long time
What can scientists use to predict how things will move?
Physics
Marie Tharp said she could map out the United States, why? Who helped her?
Her Dad took her across America for his job on long road trips