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The Formation of Our World Today

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Longitude is:

a)

the same thing as latitude

b)

vertical imaginary lines circling the Earth

c)

imaginary lines that run East and West around the Earth

d)

dots are randomly plotted on the Earth

2.

What direction does a latitude line go in?

a)

it is not a line

b)

East and West

c)

North and South

d)

backwards

3.

What is the center most longitudinal (horizontal) line on the Earth?

a)

equator

b)

meridian

c)

longitude

d)

latitude

4.

Before the continents split there was a super continent. What was this super continent named?

a)

Gondwana

b)

Africa

c)

The United States of America

d)

Pangea

5.

What estimated time period/era did Pangea disperse?

a)

Paleolithic Era

b)

Paleozoic Era

c)

175 million years ago

d)

20,000 years ago

6.

Why did Pangea split?

a)

due to the movement of tectonic plates and eruptions within the Earth's mantle

b)

it was being pulled apart by gravity

c)

an ocean split it

d)

they were Siamese twins and doctors found out how to surgically disconnect them

7.

Homo sapiens (humans) originated in Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

When the Americas were discovered there were Native Americans that lived on the land, how did they get to the Americas?

a)

they swam across the Atlantic

b)

they were deposited by aliens

c)

they crossed the Bering Strait

d)

they had been there since Pangea dispersed

9.

The Bering Strait connected what two land masses?

a)

Asia and Europe

b)

Asia and America

c)

Africa and America

d)

South and North America

10.

How long ago was the Berlin Strait in use?

a)

when Pangea existed

b)

20,000 years ago

c)

at the beginning of time

d)

50,000 years ago

11.

What number is the Southern Ocean?

a)

11

b)

8

c)

9

d)

12

12.

Asia's number is ___________.

a)

6

b)

5

c)

4

d)

3

13.

What number is Australia?

a)

1

b)

7

c)

6

d)

4

14.

The Indian Ocean is located at number _________.

a)

8

b)

9

c)

10

d)

11

15.

What number is Antarctica?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

7

16.

What number is the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

9

b)

8

c)

7

d)

11

17.

North America is at number __________.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.

What number is the Arctic Ocean at?

a)

8

b)

9

c)

4

d)

12

19.

What number is Africa on this map?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

4

d)

3

20.

What number is Europe?

a)

9

b)

5

c)

7

d)

6

21.

South America is number 2.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The Pacific Ocean is number 11 on the map.

a)

True

b)

False