Strankles - Continental Drift

Open Ended

What is one inference (guess) you can make about the information on this map? Think about how the continents are shaped.

Multiple Choice

What was the main weakness in Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift?

• He could not explain how the continents moved

• He did not believe in continental drift

• He thought continents never moved

• He had no evidence for his theory

Open Ended

Describe the hypothesis that Alfred Wegener developed about the continents in 1912.

Multiple Choice

According to Wegener's book published in 1915, what was Pangaea?

• A supercontinent that broke up into today's continents

• A type of fossil

• A mountain range

• A theory about glacial flow

Multiple Select

Which of the following are pieces of evidence that support the theory of continental drift?

• Jigsaw fit of the continents

• Fossil remains

• Rock sequence

• All of the above

Open Ended

How does the 'jigsaw fit' of continents provide evidence for continental drift?

Multiple Choice

Fossils of Mesosaurus, a freshwater reptile, were found on which two continents?

• South America and South Africa

• North America and Europe

• Asia and Australia

• Antarctica and India

Multiple Choice

Which type of evidence supports the idea that continents were once joined together as Pangaea?

• Fossil evidence

• Modern animal distribution

• Current climate patterns

• Ocean currents

Open Ended

Describe how rock formations provide evidence for the theory of continental drift.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are types of evidence used to support the theory of continental drift?

• Fossils

• Glaciers

• Rocks

• Ocean tides

Multiple Choice

Which continents show evidence of glacial scars from the same time period, supporting the idea that they were once joined together?

• South America, Africa, India, and Australia

• North America, Europe, and Asia

• Antarctica, Greenland, and Australia

• Africa, Europe, and North America

Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributed to the rejection of Wegener's hypothesis during his lifetime?

• Lack of an explanation for how continents moved

• Insufficient fossil evidence

• No evidence of similar rock formations

• Lack of glacial evidence

Open Ended

Explain why the discovery of plate tectonics in the 1960s was important for confirming Wegener's ideas about continental drift.