Moving Continents/Dinosaurs Extinction Review

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

• Rocks

• Fossils

• Neither a nor b

• Both a and b

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Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?

• The shape of the continents
• Similar fossils found on separate continents
• Tree fossils found in odd places
• All of the above

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

• True

• False

Scientists at the time rejected Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift because he could not explain how or why Earth’s continents move. 

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

A lack of explanation for continental drift prevented many scientists from accepting that a single supercontinent called ____ once existed.

• Pangaea

• Glossopteris

• Wegener

• Glomar

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Alfred Wegener thought which 2 continents looked like puzzle pieces that could fit together?

• Antarctica and Asia

• South America and Africa

• Africa and Pangaea

• South America and Australia

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Alfred Wegener thought South America and Africa had similar coastlines because:

• Drift

• Pangaea was 250 million years ago

• He noticed that similar rocks were found on both continents

• He thought that continents could be joined together

What cold environment feature was evidence to support the theory that the continents used to be joined?

• Some rocks were found on different continents.

• Fossilized evidence of the same organism found in different continents

• Glacial grooves were found in different continents

• Africa and South America looked like puzzle pieces

Matching ____ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

• rock structures

• weather patterns

• river systems

• wind systems

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegener believed that the continents were assembled as part of a supercontinent about ____ years ago.

• 250 million years ago

• 350 million years ago

• 450 million years ago

• 550 million years ago

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