Pangea

Multiple Choice

Identify one piece of evidence that supports Continental Drift Theory

• The continents fit together like puzzle pieces

• The continents are massive

• Wegener believed it was true

• North America is comprised of the U.S. and Canada

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A large supercontinent that once existed 250 million years ago

Multiple Choice

What is happening at #4 on the mid ocean ridge

• seafloor spreading

• plate convergence

• transforming

• ocean plate subduction

Multiple Choice

The fossil record is evidence which supports the theory that

• the continents were once connected

• plants had learned to walk

• plants and animals could coexist

• Fire was not yet invented

Multiple Select

Which TWO observations would provide the BEST evidence that the mountains were connected 65 million years

ago?

• The mountains are similar in age.

• The mountains have a similar climate.

• The mountains have a similar rock composition

• The mountains have the same rate of snowfall

Multiple Choice

The age of the lithosphere at #4 is the

• oldest

• youngest

• same as number 3

• same as number 1

Multiple Choice

All of these are evidence that support Continental Drift Theory EXCEPT

• The continents have similar shaped coastlines

• the mid ocean ridge is formed at convergent plate boundaries

• Similar fossils are found on continents that are far from each other

• Mountains age, type and mineral composition are a match on continents that are spread apart

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similar (plant and animal) on continents

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continental coast resemble

pieces

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Lithosphere closest to the _______ _____ is newly formed