Continental Drift

Multiple Choice

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America

• South America and Europe

• South America and Africa

• Antarctica and Africa

Multiple Choice

What is this a picture of?

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

• Pangaea

• Ocean Crust

Multiple Choice

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

• Continents are stationary and do not move

• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

How long ago is Pangaea believed to have existed?

• 200-300 million years ago

• 1000-2000 years ago

• 10,000-20,000 years ago

• 20-30 billion years ago

Multiple Choice

The process of continental drift took place over thousands of years.

• true

• false

Open Ended

Pangaea means "___________"

Multiple Choice

Mountain ranges located on both side of the Atlantic Ocean

• are the same height and width.

• have the same rock types, structures and ages.

• are just separate mountain ranges.

Open Ended

The supercontinent that consists of all of Earth's land masses is called ________