Lesson 1 Drifting Continents

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• John Dalton

What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?

• Pangea
• Asia
• Pantallasa
• Eurasi

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What are the two continents the fits together based on Wegener's Theory?

• Asia and Russia

• India and Asia

• South America and Africa

• Africa and Asia

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What is evidence given from fossils that Pangaea once existed? Select 2 answers

• The fossils of the fern like plant Glossopteris were found on many different continents.

• Fossils of tropical plants found in Spitsbergen (an island in the Arctic Ocean), now covered with ice.

• Mountain ranges from Africa and South America lined up.

• The fossils of fresh water reptile Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus were found in places separated by oceans.

• In South Africa rocks show signs of deep scratches and sediment left behind by glaciers

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What is evidence given from climate change that Pangaea once existed? Select 3 answers

• Wegner thought the closer a landmass to the equator the warmer it would be and the closer to the poles the colder it would be.

• Fossils of tropical plants found in Spitsbergen (an island in the Arctic Ocean), now covered with ice.

• Mountain ranges from Africa and South America lined up.

• The fossils of fresh water reptile Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus were found in places separated by oceans.

• In South Africa rocks show signs of deep scratches and sediment left behind by glaciers

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What is evidence given from climate change that Pangaea once existed? Select 2 answers

• Wegner thought the closer a landmass to the equator the warmer it would be and the closer to the poles the colder it would be.

• Fossils of tropical plants found in Spitsbergen (an island in the Arctic Ocean), now covered with ice.

• Mountain ranges from Africa and South America lined up.

• The fossils of fresh water reptile Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus were found in places separated by oceans.

• European coal fields matched up with North American coal fields

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What was Wegener's hypothesis on CONTINENTAL DRIFT?

• That all continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart.

• That the continents slowly moved across Earth's surface.

• He thought that all continents were separated more than they are today and since came closer.

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Define CONTINENTAL DRIFT.

• That all continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart.

• That the continents slowly moved across Earth's surface.

• He thought that all continents were separated more than they are today and since came closer.

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How did Wegener think the mountains formed?

• Erosion

• When continents collide, their edges crumple up.

• Tectonic Plates

• The action of glaciers

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Define: Pangaea. Select 2 that apply.

• Pangaea is a famous person that lived in the 1800s

• Pangaea is another name for "all lands" in greek, and is a landmass that broke apart long ago and became today's continents.

• Pangaea is a supercontinent that was created about 300 million years ago

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