7.1 Continental Drift Review

What was Wegner's hypothesis?

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above

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Most scientists did not believe Alfred Wegener's hypothesis about drifting land masses. Why?

• He did not give enough evidence.

• They thought his time table was off.

• They did not like Alfred.

• He could not explain how the land masses moved.

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What is a fossil?

What type of evidence was used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis? (Select 3)

• evidence from landforms / geology

• evidence from fossils

• evidence from human remains

• evidence from climate

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What was the name of the scientist who became curious about why some continents look as though they could fit together?

Which is the best statement for fossil evidence?

• Lystrosaurus fossils found on same continent, many places

• Lystrosaurus fossils found on several continents and they could swim in fresh water

• Lystrosaurus fossils found on two continents that are connected today

• Lystrosaurus fossils found on several continents and they could not swim, so the continents were connected.

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All of the continents were once part of one large continent called...

• Panacea
• Pangea
• North America
• Gondwana

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Lystrosaurus was a slow-moving, plant-eating reptile that lived over 250 million years ago. Fossils of Lystrosaurus have been found in the brown areas shown below. How is this explained by the existence of Pangaea?

• Lystrosaurus swam across the oceans from one continent to another.

• Lystrosaurus drifted on rafts of vegetation from one continent to another.

• and bridges once crossed oceans to connect Africa, Antarctica, and India.

• Africa, Antarctica, and India used to be joined together into a single landmass.

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What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America
• South America and Europe
• South America and Africa
• Antartica and Africa

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