Pangaea, Continental Drift & Earth’s Layers

A super continent that existed 200 million years ago was

• Laurassia

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

• Wegener

Who suggested the Continental Drift theory?

• Aldrin Weiner

• Galileo Galilei

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

What is represented in this picture?

• Oceans

• Continental Drift

• Sea- floor spreading

• Pangaea

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and South America

• Antartica and Africa

• Africa and North America

• Asia and Africa

What does the theory of Continental Drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super continent and have moved over time

• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

• Continents are stationary and do not move

• None of the above

Which pieces of evidence did Wegener use to prove Continental drift?

• The shape of the continents

• Similar fossils found on separate continents

• Plant fossils found in odd places

• All of the above

Which pieces of evidence did Wegener use to prove Continental drift?

• The shape of the continents

• Similar fossils found on separate continents

• Plant fossils found in odd places

• All of the above

The Theory of Continental Drift states that the continents drifted together to form Pangaea.

• True

• False

Why did other scientists did no believe in Wegener’s theory?

• He could not explain how the continents moved

• He didn’t have evidence

• His data was wrong

• He didn’t use the right technology to gather data

What is the outer core made of

• Solid rock

• Solid iron

• Melted iron and nickel

• Melted rock