Continental Drift

Continental drift was proposed

• Wegener
• Hutton
• Hess
• Smith

What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that the continents fit together like a puzzle?

• puzzle pieces
• mountain range evidence
• fossil evidence
• rock deposit and glacial evidence

What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that the freshwater Mesosaurus can be found on both the South America and Africa continents?

• puzzle pieces
• fossil evidence
• mountain range evidence
• rock and glacial deposit evidence

What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that core Precambrian rock is found in ranges connecting between North America, Greenland and Europe?

• puzzle pieces
• fossil evidence
• mountain range evidence
• rock and glacial deposit evidence

What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that present day coal deposits are found in the Arctic?

• fossil evidence
• puzzle pieces
• rock and glacial deposit evidence
• mountain range evidence

What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that present day glacial deposits are found at the equator?

• puzzle pieces 
• rock and glacial deposit evidence
• fossil evidence
• mountain range evidence

What is the name of the ancient continent that existed 250 million years ago?

• Laurasia
• Gonwonaland
• Pangaea
• Europa

Pangaea has not been the only supercontinent on Earth.

• True
• False

Which of the following fossils was plant evidence for continental drift?

• Glossoperteris
• Listrosaurus
• Mesosaurus
• Cygnognathus

The continents fit together perfectly as puzzle pieces which is why Wegener proposed continental drift.

• True
• False