Continental Drift: Pangea

In 1858, geologist ​ (a)   points out that ​ (b)   of the ​ (c)   plant are found in ​ (d)   Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica, and ​ (e)   .

• fossils
• Glossopteris
• southern
• Eduard Seuss
• India
• plants
• northern
• Harry Hess

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Alfred Wegener examines the location of tiny rocks and the direction of ​ (a)   formed by large ​ (b)   scraping across areas of Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica, and India. He concludes that if all these places were fitted ​ (c)   , they would form a ​ (d)   ice sheet expanding outward in all ​ (e)   .

• grooves
• glaciers
• together
• continuous
• directions
• volcanoes
• lava

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

In 1927, geologist Alexander du Toit observes rock ​ (a)   on the wester coast of ​ (b)   in the following sequence: basalt rock, shale containing fossil ​ (c)   , coal layers containing Glossopteris fossils, rocks containing Mesosaurus ​ (d)   , and shale. He discovers an almost identical ​ (e)   of rock layers on the eastern coast of South America.

• layers
• Africa
• reptiles
• fossils
• sequence
• Europe
• mammoths

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Label Pangea with the

a

b

c

d

e

Antarctica

Africa

South America

North America

Eurasia

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Label the Pangea map of fossils with the correct answers:

a

b

c

d

Cynognathus (Triassic therapsid)

Glossopteris fern

Freshwater Reptiles

Lystrosaurus (Triassic therapsid)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1