All About Pangaea

What does Pangaea mean in Greek?

• All the land

• Earth

• Supercontinent

• All the Earth

Who made up the theory of Continental Drift?

• Albert Einstein

• Bill Nye

• Alfred Wegener

• Peter Pangaea

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What year the theory of Continental Drift was proposed?

• 1912

• 1915

• 1948

• 1865

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• Meh.

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• No.

• Maybe.

True or False:

The continents fit together like puzzle pieces.

• True

• False

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How many steps are there in the process of the breaking up of Pangaea?

• 3

• 5

• 4

• 6

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Fill in the blank:

Wegener proposed that the supercontinent began to break apart _____________ years ago and form the present landmass

• 200 million

• 20 million

• 150 million years

• 300 million years

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What is the name of the third step mentioned in the powerpoint?

• Jurassic

• Permian

• Triassic

• Cretaceous

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Pangaea is a ________

• One enormous land mass

• A big continent

• A made up island

• Continent

Select ALL answers that supports the idea of continental drift.

• The same types of rock and rock layers found on different continents.

• The same plants and animals found on different continents.

• Coal being found under Antarctica's frigid, dry ice caps.

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