Pangaea and continental drift

The process of continental drift took place over thousands of years.

• True

• False

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Fossil records support continental drift.

• True

• False

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Evidence of continental drift includes:

• plants and animals match

• the shape of the continents

• the oceans are close together

• rocks match

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What was Pangaea?

• It was a supercontinent, made of all of the landmasses on Earth.

• It was 2 separate landmasses, one on the Northern Hemisphere and one on the Southern Hemisphere.

• It was a supercontinent made of 3 landmasses

• It was the name of an ancient organism

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What was Alfred Wegenerś Continental Drift theory?

• The continents used to be joined together to form a supercontinent.

• The continents have since drifted apart to their current location

• Pangaea was formed around 250 million years ago

• All of the above

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What are two pieces of evidence used to support the theory of continental drift?

• Fossils and Pangaea

• South America and Rocks

• Rocks and Fossils

• Fossils and Africa

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How long ago is Pangea believed to have existed?

• 200-300 million years ago
• 1000-2000 years ago
• 10,000-20,000 years ago
• 20-30 billion years ago

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What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America
• South America and Europe
• South America and Africa
•  Antartica and Africa

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• pangaea

• glacier scaring

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Why was Wegener's theory not accepted?

• He had no proof of how they were moving
• He had no evidence
• He was married
• He was not a Scientist

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