Review - Continental Drift

What is the theory that continents were all once together and have drifted apart?

• american movement

• continental plates

• continental drift

• memorial drift

What was the name of the supercontinent?

• Panorama

• Pangea

• Panamerican

• Wegener

What was Wegener's hypothesis?

• all continents are joined in a single landmass as they have been for a long time

• all continents are situated as they have been forever

• all continents were far apart and have joined into a single landmass

• all continents were joined in a single landmass and have drifted apart

Why was Wegener's theory rejected?

• he really was a crazy little man

• he found evidence of matching fossils, land formations and climate evidence

• he could not identify the cause behind continental drift

• he did not have the support of his fellow scientists

What 3 things did Wegener study to support his ideas? Mark all THREE.

• matching fossils

• matching land features

• matching forces

• climate change

The mesosaurus is an example of which type of evidence?

• matching fossil

• matching land formation

• climate change

• memorial movement

A tropical plant fossil is found in Antarctica...this is what type of evidence?

• matching fossil

• matching land formation

• climate change

• memorial movement

Glacier grooves are an example of climate change evidence because?

• glacial grooves are found in Antarctica today and it is cold

• glacial grooves are found in the warm areas today, so it means that continent used to be near the poles

• glacial grooves are found in the cold today and it is closer to the poles

• glacial grooves are found in the warm areas because there was an ice age and continents were never together

Mountain ranges on different continents being the same age, type and structure is

• matching fossil evidence

• matching land formation evidence

• climate change evidence

• memorial movement evidence

What is the Theory of Continental Drift?

• New continents are continually being created

  and destroyed.

• The layout of the continents is the same today

  as it has always been

• The continents have always been separate but

  may one day drift together to form a single

  continent

• All the continents were once one continent that

  broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of

  millions of years