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WorksheetsContinental Drift
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Continental drift was proposed
a)
Wegener
b)
Hutton
c)
Hess
d)
Smith
2.
What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that the continents fit together like a puzzle?
a)
puzzle pieces
b)
mountain range evidence
c)
fossil evidence
d)
rock deposit and glacial evidence
3.
What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that the freshwater Mesosaurus can be found on both the South America and Africa continents?
a)
puzzle pieces
b)
fossil evidence
c)
mountain range evidence
d)
rock and glacial deposit evidence
4.
What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that core Precambrian rock is found in ranges connecting between North America, Greenland and Europe?
a)
puzzle pieces
b)
fossil evidence
c)
mountain range evidence
d)
rock and glacial deposit evidence
5.
What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that present day coal deposits are found in the Arctic?
a)
fossil evidence
b)
puzzle pieces
c)
rock and glacial deposit evidence
d)
mountain range evidence
6.
What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that present day glacial deposits are found at the equator?
a)
puzzle pieces
b)
rock and glacial deposit evidence
c)
fossil evidence
d)
mountain range evidence
7.
What is the name of the ancient continent that existed 250 million years ago?
a)
Laurasia
b)
Gonwonaland
c)
Pangaea
d)
Europa
8.
Pangaea has not been the only supercontinent on Earth.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Which of the following fossils was plant evidence for continental drift?
a)
Glossoperteris
b)
Listrosaurus
c)
Mesosaurus
d)
Cygnognathus
10.
The continents fit together perfectly as puzzle pieces which is why Wegener proposed continental drift.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Why was Wegener's continental drift NOT widely accepted in the scientific community
?
?
a)
He did not enough evidence.
b)
He could not prove HOW it happened (rock moving on rock)?
c)
He never published his work.
d)
No one liked him.
12.
Internal processes of the earth are driven by the heat of the earth's interior and build up the earth's surface.
a)
True
b)
False
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