Continental Drift Quiz Review

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Shape of the Land

Back

1) South America and Africa

2) They have coastlines that can fit like puzzle pieces

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Mesosaurus

(fossil)

Back

1) Found in Southern Africa and Eastern South America

2) Mesosaurus can be used as evidence because it was a freshwater animal and wouldn't have crossed an ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Cynognathus

(fossil)

Back

1) Found in South Africa and South America

2) It can be used as evidence because it was only found on the 2 continents and it wouldn't have been able to swim long distances.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Lystrosaurus

(fossil)

Back

1) Found in Antarctica, India, South Africa, and Madagascar (know at least 2 locations)

2) It can be used as evidence because it was mostly a land animal and wouldn't have been able to swim across an ocean.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Glossopteris

(fossil)

Back

1) Found in Australia, South Africa, South America, India, and Antarctica (know at least 2 locations)

2) They can be used as evidence because they were too large and heavy to be carried by wind or animals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Rocks

Back

1) Rock sequences in South America and Africa were the same on both continents

2) Continents that had matching rocks on the Gizmos activity were found in South America and Africa

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Glaciers / Climate

Back

1) Glacier evidence was found in South America, Africa, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica (know at least 2 locations)

2) They can be used as evidence because landmasses that had glaciers are mostly warm climates currently, which suggests that when there was a single landmass, the climates were colder.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2