Amplify : Plate Motion "A Continental Puzzle" D Period

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

• Similar fossils found on different continents

• mountain ranges and areas made of certain types of rock found on the different continents

• all of the above

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

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

How long ago is Pangea believed to have existed?

• 200-300 million years ago
• 1000-2000 years ago
• 10,000-20,000 years ago
• 20-30 billion years ago

Wegner called this supercontinent Pangea. Pangea was _______ supercontienent/s.

• 1

• 2

• 3

What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and basin
• lower and upper
• thick and thin

What is Pangaea?

• the name of a German scientist
• the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• evidence from landforms (Mountains)

• evidence from fossils (plants/animals)

• evidence from human remains

• evidence from climate (temperatures)