Unit 1-Task 1: Pangaea Puzzle Quiz

The tilt of the earth, the shape of the earth's rotation around the sun and the amount of ice in the Northern Hemisphere all play a part in how cool or warm the Earth's climate is.

• True

• False

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Old ice in the Northern hemisphere of Earth helps keep the earth cool by absorbing sunlight.

• True

• False

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According the the earth's climate clock we should be going through a minor ice age.

• True

• False

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Mountain ranges are formed when the continental plates crash into one another.

• True

• False

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Why is the increase of Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane a big issue?

• It causes an increase in the global average temperatures which leads to climate change.

• It causes a major decrease in people.

• It leads to more factories.

• It cause a decrease in the global average temperatures which will lead to an ice age.

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During the history of the earth mass extinctions were caused by...

• Volcanism

• Large meteors impacting the earth

• Low amounts of dissolved oxygen in the oceans (Anoxia)

• Climate Change

• All of the above

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The map shows white areas that used to be covered by glaciers. Arrows show directions that glaciers moved. How did Wegener know which way glaciers moved?

• The glaciers left scratch marks on rocks showing the direction of the glacier's movement.

• The glaciers are still in South Africa

• He did not have evidence, he is just guessing.

• The glaciers melted before he was born.

Wegener determined the continents have moved in the past. Which statement is true.

• The continents moved in the past but have stopped moving now.

• The continents moved really fast in the past and now are not moving.

• The continents are still moving today.

• The continents move up and down only.

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Alfred Wegener had evidence that the continents were once a super continent. What was this super continent called?

• Rowanda

• Galiad

• Pangaea

• EurAsia

What evidence supports the idea that all the continents were once joined together?

• Similar rocks found on different continents.

• Mountains created by colliding continents.

• Evidence of glaciers in unexpected places.

• All of the above.

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