Lesson1 Moving continents

Lesson 1

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Pangea continent - Puzzle Factory

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Multiple Choice

Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

• Pandora

• Gondowan

• Pangea

• Laurasia

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Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

• Galileo

• Newton

Multiple Choice

This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?

• Africa has always been near the equator

• Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate

• The continents have not moved

• sea floor spreading

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The remains or traces of ancient life are called ____________.

• bones

• remnants

• fossils

• none of the above

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True or False-Similar fossil records across continents was evidence for continental drift.

• True

• False

Continental Drift and Alfred Wegener - Match up

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What was Wegener’s continental drift idea?

• The continents have moved slowly apart to their current locations.

• The continents have always been located at their current locations.

• The continents are moving slowly together from their current locations.

• None of these

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According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

• Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

• Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

• Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

• South America and Africa were once connected together.