Science, Passion and Pangea - an Animated English Listening Exercise

Science, Passion and Pangea - an Animated English Listening Exercise This weeks video is really cool for several reasons. Its about how a largely accepted scientific theory, continental drift, came to be. Its also about a scientist, Alfred Wegener, and his passion to prove this theory, despite criticism and resistance.It is also really interesting to see how scientific ideas change and become accepted. My father is a science teacher and specialized in  geology, so the idea of continental drift and plate tectonics has always been a fact to me. It is interesting to see that it wasnt accepted at the proposed time. It makes me wonder, what theories today are not being accepted that will soon become basic theories?Watch the video below, then see if you can answer the listening questions.Answer the questions in comments, and well respond.1. Hardly anyone in the 20th century said, ____ are there oceans and Why ___ _____ continents.2. He _____ __ in a balloon because he wants to take measurements of the atmosphere, hes not the ______  __ __ hes a scientist d oing science.3. Nobody said that Arctic exploration was a _______.4. What does the above sentence mean?5. What was different about Wagners theory?6. Did people believe Wagner? Why didnt they believe him?7. It is one thing to think of an idea and it is another thing to _____ it ____ for another 20 to 30 years.8. How important did Wagner feel his work was?9. What year did scientist believe Wagner was right?10.What are some of the biggest scientific changes youve seen in your lifetime? Do you have any predictions about what scientific ideas may change in the future? What is your passion? Would you risk your life to follow your passion?