6B Continental Drift Review

 _ was a Flemish mapmaker who noticed that the continents fit together like pieces of a puzzle.

• Abraham Ortelius

• Alfred Wegener

• Mr. Ott

• Ms. Evelyn

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

 _ thought that the Americas had been torn apart from Europe and Africa by earthquakes and floods.

• Abraham Ortelius

• Alfred Wegener

• Mr. Ott

• Ms. Eleanor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

_ also thought that the continents had once been part of a single landmass. 

• Abraham Ortelius

• Alfred Wegener

• Mr. Ott

• Ms. Easton

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

_ named the ancient supercontinent Pangea.

• Abraham Ortelius

• Alfred Wegener

• Mr. Ott

• Ms. Graybeal

Pangea means

• All oceans

• All skies

• All lands

• All space

A _ is a prediction or statement based on limited evidence.

• Guess

• Hypothesis

• Prediction

• Statement

Wegener’s hypothesis was that

• Pangea is still around today.

• Pangea never existed

• Pangea stayed together

• Pangea broke apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3