Moving continents

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

• fossils

• rocks

• neither a nor b

• both a and b

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

• True

• False

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

• Glomar

• Glossopteris

• Pangaea

• Wegener

Matching ____ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

• river systems

• rock structures

• weather patterns

• wind systems

____ is a fossil fern that helped support Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift.

• Gondwanaland

• Kannemeyerid

• Mesosaurus

• Glossopteris

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

• 250 million

• 350 million

• 450 million

• 550 million

What was Pangaea?

(a)  

What is Wegener's theory?    

(a)