Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in The Reading Passage?

In boxes on your answer sheet, write

YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

1 Wegener’s ideas about continental drift were widely disputed while he was alive.

AYES

BNO

CNOT GIVEN

2 The idea that the continents remained fixed in place was defended in a number of respected scientific publications.

AYES

BNO

CNOT GIVEN

3 Wegener relied on a limited range of scientific fields to support his theory of continental drift

AYES

BNO

CNOT GIVEN

4 The similarities between Wegener’s theory of continental drift and modern-day plate tectonics are enormous.

AYES

BNO

CNOT GIVEN

Alfred Wegener: science, exploration and the theory of continental drift