Pangaea

how did Pangaea break apart

• dynamite

• cave men

• Minecraft

• continental drift theory

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 is represented by the picture? 

• Sea-floor spreading
• Pangea
• How the continents are arranged today
• Volcanoes

How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

• Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
• Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
• Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
• all of the above

Who was Alfred Wegener?

• A German Meteorologist

• Discovered the Plate Tectonics Theory

• Discovered Continental Drift Theory

• Named the one big continent Panagea

Tectonic Plates move in _____ different ways.

• 4

• 6

• 3

• 7

The Ring of Fire is in the Pacific Ocean. It consists of

• Mountains

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Hills