WorksheetsAnalyzing Evidence: Continental Drift
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Is it Evidence?
a)
YES
b)
NO
2.
Is it Evidence?
a)
Yes
b)
NO
3.
Is it Evidence?
a)
Yes
b)
No
4.
Is it Evidence?
a)
Yes
b)
No
5.
Is it Evidence?
a)
Yes
b)
No
6.
What is the idea of Continental Drift? Is this answer correct? select True if the answer is correct. False if the answer is incorrect. A theory stating that the Earth's continents have been joined together and have moved away from each other at different times in the Earth's history
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Which 2 continents have the most obvious fit of the coastlines?
a)
South America and Antarctica
b)
North America and Eurasia
c)
South America and Africa
8.
How were the fossil symbols and mountain belts helpful in deciding where to move the continents?
a)
The fossil symbols and mountain belts were not helpful in deciding where to put the continents together because there is no way that the continents would’ve been joined.
b)
The fossil symbols and mountain belts were helpful because it showed where the land and water dinosaurs were able to live, especially with the non-swimmers in Africa and South America. There is proof of some mountains matching in Western Europe and Greenland.
9.
Why don't the present shapes of the continents fit perfectly into a supercontinent? Is this answer correct (True) or Incorrect (False). The coastlines of the supercontinent were weathered & eroded as they moved to there present day locations.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Which fossil occurs on the most landmasses? What does this suggest about when these particular continents broke up?
a)
The European Flora occurs on most landmasses. This suggests that the continents were once merged into supercontinents.
b)
The Glossopteridales occurs on most landmasses. This suggests that the continents were once merged into supercontinents.
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