WorksheetsTheory of Continental Drift
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
Harry Hess
Columbus
Alfred Wegener
What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
Africa and North America
South America and Europe
South America and Africa
What is this a picture of?
plate tectonics
continental drift
pangea
Which type of information was NOT collected by Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
glacial deposits
fossils
seafloor magnetic data
rocks
The theory of continental drift named a key part of this idea Pangaea. What is Pangaea?
One of the ancient animals that helped Wegener prove that fossils from different continents originally came from the same location
supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past
The underwater ocean range in the middle of the ocean
Why was Wegener's theory not accepted?
He had no proof of how they were moving
He was not a scientist
He was married
India, Australia, South America, and Africa all have deep grooves or scratches in rocks which is climate evidence of ....
erosion
dinosaurs
glaciers
Wegner used the following as pieces of evidence...
fit/shape of continents
geologic and fossil
climate
all of the above
This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for?
Africa has always been near the equator
Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
The continents have not moved
