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WorksheetsContinental Drift
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which two (2) present-day continents did Wegener first notice seemed to fit together like puzzle pieces?
North America & Eurasia
South America & Antarctica
Africa & South America
North America & South America
Eurasia & Africa
What is the name of this scientist?
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Charles Darwin
Isaac Newton
Nikola Tesla
Alfred Wegener's idea that the continents had moved around on Earth's surface was called _____.
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
Continental Glide
Wandering Continents
The huge land masses that are created when most (at least 75%) of the continents "drift" together are called _____.
Continents
Supercontinents
Islands
Landforms
It takes _____ of years for supercontinents to drift together (and then apart again).
Tens
Hundreds
Thousands
Millions
The continents position on Earth's surface and the shapes of the continents themselves are _____.
temporary
permanent
The last supercontinent that existed on Earth was called _____.
Rodinia
Pangaea
Pangaea Ultima
Columbia
As evidence for his continental drift idea, Wegener studied the remains of prehistoric living things preserved in rock called _____.
Geodes
Fossils
Petrifications
Bones
This now-extinct small, crocodile-like, freshwater reptile was a good swimmer, but could also walk on land is called _____.
Glossopteris
Lystrosaurus
Mesosaurus
Cynognathus
This now-extinct, plant-eating, pig-sized reptile mostly stayed on land and was called _____.
Glossopteris
Mesosaurus
Lystrosaurus
Cynognathus
This now-extinct, meat-eating, dog-like reptile mostly stayed on land and is called _____.
Glossopteris
Mesosaurus
Lystrosaurus
Cynognathus
This now-extinct, fern-like plant grew to be tree-sized and is called _____.
Glossopteris
Mesosaurus
Lystrosaurus
Cynognathus
The discovery of the fossils of cold-blooded reptiles and tropical plants in present-day _____ was an important clue.
Africa
South America
India
Antarctica
Australia
In the 1920's, most scientists readily believed Wegener's idea that the continents were drifting.
True
False
Now, scientists use _____ to track the movement of the continents.
Radar
Sonar
GPS
Naval Ships
The continents "drift" a few _____ each year.
Inches
Feet
Yards
Miles
As continents have drifted around Earth's surface, they have sometimes moved closer to (and sometimes further from) Earth's equator which causes long-term changes in _____.
Weather
Climate
As the continents drifted to new locations, changing temperatures and climates caused many types of plants and animals to die off and become _____.
Extinct
Instinct
Eggs Stink
(Choose all correct answers!) According to the fossil map, on which ancient landmasses were Glossopteris fossils found?
South America
India
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
(Choose all correct answers!) According to the fossil map, on which ancient landmasses were fossils of Cynognathus found?
South America
Africa
India
Antarctica
Australia
(Choose all correct answers!) According to the fossil map, on which ancient landmasses were the fossils of Mesosaurus found?
South America
Africa
India
Antarctica
Australia
(Choose all correct answers!) According to the fossil map, on which ancient landmasses were the fossils of Lystrosaurus found?
South America
Africa
India
Antarctica
Australia
Name the present-day ocean labeled #2 on the map.
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Indian Ocean
Name the present-day ocean labeled #3 on the map.
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Name the present-day continent labeled #7 on the map.
South America
North America
Africa
Europe
Asia
Name the present-day continent labeled #10 on the map.
North America
South America
Africa
Asia
Antarctica
Name the present-day continent labeled #6 on the map.
North America
South America
Africa
Europe & Asia (Eurasia)
Australia
Name the present-day continent labeled #9 on the map.
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Australia
Name the present-day continent labeled #11 on the map.
Antarctica
Australia
Africa
Europe
South America
Name the present-day continent labeled #12 on the map.
South America
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
Asia
Which of the ancient landmasses shown on the map is no longer a continent, but it part of another present-day continent.
South America
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
India
Scientists predict that, millions of years from now, a new supercontinent is likely to come together.
True
False
The proposed name for Earth's next supercontinent is Pangaea Ultima or Pangaea _____.
Proxima
Futurama
Sequel
Prospectus
Duece
Which present-day continent shows signs that it is breaking apart?
North America
South America
Africa
Antarctica
Europe & Asia (Eurasia)
The movie "Ice Age: Continental Drift" is a good source of scientific information about Pangaea and supercontinents.
True
False
The minute-by-minute changing conditions in place (includes temperature, wind, & precipitation_ is called _____.
Climate
Weather
Elevation
Latitude
The "usual" or average weather for a place over a long period of time is its _____.
Climate
Weather
Elevation
Latitude
(Choose all correct answers!) Each of the continents is really just part of _____.
A tectonic plate
the lithosphere
the asthenosphere
the mesosphere
At the time of Pangaea, Antarctica was much closer to Earth's _____, which would have caused it to be much warmer.
core
equator
Sun
poles
