moving continents part 1

The presence of the same __________ on several continents supports the hypothesis of continental drift.

• a)fossils

• b)rocks

• c)both fossils and rocks

• d)neither fossils nor rocks

Some early mapmakers thought that the coastline of South America matched the coastline of Asia.

• true

• false

An explanation for continental drift illustrates that a single super-continent called ________ once existed.

• a) Glomar

• b) Glossopteris

• c)Pangaea

• d)Wegener

Matching ____________ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

• a)river systems

• b)rock structures

• c)weather patterns

• d)wind systems

Wegener believed that the continents were assembles as part of a supercontinent about ________ years ago.

• a)290 million

• b)350 million

• c)450 million

• d)550 million

The _____________ hypothesis suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth

• a)continental drift

• b)continental shelf

• c)Pangaea

• d)Gondwana

__________ are deep scratches in rocks made as ice sheets move across land.

• a)glacial grooves

• b)glacial scars

• c)canyons

• d)sediments

The ___________ Mountains were once connected to the Caledonian Mountains to form one long continuous mountain chain.

• Andes

• b)Rocky

• c)Appalachian

• d)Himalayan

Wegener could not explain what forces caused the continents to move.

• true

• false

This is a ______________.

• a)Lystrosaurus

• b)Glossopteris

• c)Cynognathus

• d)Mosasaurs