6 IS CH 3 L1

What did Wegener notice about the coastlines of Africa and South America?

• They were identical

• They fit together like a jigsaw puzzle

• They were completely different

• They were the same size.

Fill in the blank: The supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago was called ______.

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

• Atlantis

• Lemuria

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What is the meaning of 'Pangaea'?

• All lands

• One ocean

• Large island

• Great continent

Which scientist proposed the idea of continental drift in 1910?

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

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Fill in the blank: Wegener published his evidence for continental drift in a book called ______.

• The Origin of Species

• The Origin of Continents and Oceans

• The Continental Puzzle

• The Drift Theory

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Fill in the blank: The pieces of Pangaea slowly moved to their present locations, a process known as ______.

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Seafloor Spreading

• Land Movement

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What is a fossil?

• A trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock

• A type of rock

• A living organism

• A type of plant

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What did Wegener conclude about the reptiles found on different continents?

• They lived on a single landmass

• They could fly

• They were aquatic

• They were mammals.

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Fill in the blank: Wegener used evidence of _________ _______ (2 words) to support his hypothesis.

• A) Climate change

• B) Ocean currents

• C) Volcanic activity

• D) Earthquakes

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