continental drift test

Continental Drift is....

• The idea that the world’s land masses are slowly moving over time.

• The idea that the world’s land masses are moving quickly over time.

• The idea that the world’s land masses stay where they are and do not move.

• The idea that the world’s land masses move quickly in a year.

What is Pangaea?

• The type of rock that is located in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

• The supercontinent made of all continents that existed millions of years ago.

• The name of the animal that sleeps during the day and is up during the night.

• The dog that originated from India.

What were Alfred’s evidence for the continents moving?

• Geometric Evidence, Fossil Evidence, Mountain Evidence, and Climate Evidence

• Time Evidence, Fossil Evidence, Color Evidence, and Climate Evidence

• Magnetic Striping Evidence, Fossil Evidence, Color Evidence, and the Age of Ocean Rocks Evidence

• Time Evidence, Magnetic Striping Evidence, Color Evidence, and Climate Evidence

The continents appear to fit together like pieces of a puzzle.

• Climate Evidence

• Geometric Evidence

• Fossil Evidence

• Mountain Evidence

Fossils of some species are only found on the matching coastlines of continents now separated by oceans.

• Climate Evidence

• Geometric Evidence

• Fossil Evidence

• Mountain Evidence

Mountain Ranges end on one coastline and pick back up on another. The rock patterns of these mountains match up.

• Climate Evidence

• Geometric Evidence

• Fossil Evidence

• Mountain Evidence

Deposits of coal prove that tropical plants used to grow in cold areas like Antarctica.

• Climate Evidence

• Geometric Evidence

• Fossil Evidence

• Mountain Evidence

technology that uses sound waves to determine depths and sizes of objects

• Seafloor Spreading

• Mid-Ocean Ridges

• Harry Hammond Hess

• Sonar

Sonar revealed...?

• Magnetic Striping

• Seafloor Spreading

• Mid-Ocean Ridges

Geologist and U.S. naval officer that came up with the idea that the continents move because the ocean floor is getting wider

• Seafloor Spreading

• Mid-Ocean Ridges

• Harry Hammond Hess

• Sonar