Continental Drift Intro

How much of the earth is covered in land mass?

• 29%

• 75%

• 50%

• 15%

Who was Alfred Wegener and what did he discover? 

• Evolution of the Earth

• Continental drift

• None of the above

• Topographic Maps

What do we call the time on Earth when all the continents were one huge landmass. Supercontinents.

• Continents

• Alfred Wegner

• Pangea

What does Pangea mean?

• Large Land Mass

• Big land

• Entire Earth

How many pieces of evidence did Wegener have to show his hypothesis was correct?

• 3

• 2

• 1

• 4

What was Wegener's first piece of evidence?

• Continents as puzzle pieces

• Evolution

• Fossil Records

• Information found from another scientist

What was Alfred Wegner's explanation of how the Mesosaurus ended up on two different continents( Africa and South America)?

• Africa and South America were connected at one time.

• The ocean froze and they walked across

What was Wegener's second piece of evidence?

• The evolution of organisms on the Earth

• Fossils matched of the same species on different continents

• The apparent fit of the contients

What are the scratches called that Glaciers leave behind when they move across rock?

• Glacier Zones

• Glacial Striations

• Glacier Marks

What happened to Alfred Wegner?

• He is still alive.

• He froze to death.

• He died in a car wreck.