Practice - Continental Drift

The warmest parts of Earth are near the ____, which always gets direct sunlight.

• Poles

• Equator

The coldest parts of Earth are near the ____, which never gets direct sunlight.

• Poles

• Equator

You are out walking and find this cactus fossil.

Where do you infer this habitat was?

• Near the Poles

• Near the Equator

You are out walking and find this fossil.

Where do you infer this habitat was?

• Near the Equator

• Near the Poles

When we observe the same reptile fossil in two places, we infer ___.

• The reptile flew to a new habitat.

• The habitats used to be near each other.

• Someone buried the fossils in a new place to trick us.

When I observe that the green lizard fossil is on many continents, I infer ____.

• The lizard can fly.

• The continents moved.

• Someone is trying to trick us.

When a continent moves, we call it ____.

• Tectonics

• Drift

• Transfer

Which fossil would you expect to find near the Equator?

• Penguins

• Polar Bears

• Cactus

• Snowshoe Hares

Which fossil would you expect to find near the Poles?

• Penguins

• Tropical Fish

• Cactus

• Elephants

You find this fossil near the Equator.

What is the best inference?

• Mammoths used to have traits that were helpful in warm places.

• The mammoth's habitat drifted from the Poles to the Equator.

• The Equator used to be really cold.