Colliding Continents: Pangea Quizizz

Define: Continental Drift

• Gradual movement of Continents over Earth's surface

• The fixed and permanent position of all continents over time

• The next Fast and Furious Sequel

Define: Fossil

• The remains of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.

• A modern and living species

• the primary research for Anthropologists

Define: Glacier

• A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the snow and temperatures on mountains or low latitudes.

• A river delta near the Mediterranean Sea

• A desert that stretches across Northern Africa

Define: Ice Age

• A period of very low global temperatures and expansion (growth) of glaciers across the globe.

• A period of very hot global temperatures and receding (moving back) glaciers across the globe.

• A scene from the movie Jurassic World

Define: Pangea

• A supercontinent made up of all the world's present landmasses joined together during the Triassic period.

• The continents of Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America as they are today.

• The continents of only Antarctica and North America together as their own continent.

Define: Continent

• any of the world's main, continuous expanses of land: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, & South America.

• Any of the world's smaller areas of land surrounded on all sides by water

• Any of the world's areas of land surrounded on three sides by water.

• The North or South Pole

Define: SuperContinent

• The assembly (grouping) of most or all of Earth's continental blocks of land to form a single large landmass.

• The smaller continents at the North and South Pole today.

• Australia

Name this first true Continent:

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia

• Antarctica

Name this continent

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia

• Antarctica

Name this continent

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia

• Antarctica