8L4.1 4.2

What is the name of the land mass that Wegener hypothesized?

• Pancreas

• Pangea

• Atlantis

• Titled Towers

What evidence from fossils supports the idea that the continents were once joined and then drifted apart?

• Fossils from plants and animals are found on two different continents

• Animals swam across the ocean to other continents

• Plants only grew on Pangea

• Fossils were only found on Pangea

What evidence from the climate supports the idea that the continents were once joined and then drifted apart? Choose all that apply.

• It was colder at the equator during pangea

• remains of plants and animals are found in climates which they could not have survived

• Evidence of glaciers are found on continents that are in tropical regions of the earth.

• Climate change caused the earth's continents to move

What evidence from landforms supports the idea that the continents were once joined and then drifted apart? Choose all that apply

• Continents fit together like a puzzle

• Mountain ranges from different continents line up when the continents are put together.

• There is little to no evidence of continental drift

• Seafloor spreading

What is the name of the scientist that formed a hypothesis that the continents were joined together as one land mass?

• Henry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Doja Cat

• Mr. Keeler

An inherited trait that helps those organisms that have it to survive

• niche

• structure

• characteristic

• adaptation

This is the organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Variation

• Mutation

• Natural Selection

• Gradualism

Which feature helps an animal hide from other animals?

• looking like a dangerous animal
• being the same color as the place it lives (camoflauge)
• having sharp claws or a strong shel
• having only a few young and caring for them

A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of _____.

• an adaptation

• environment

• response

• stimulus

How do adaptations help animals?

• To escape animals

• to hunt for food

• to survive in their habitats

• All of these are correct