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Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins
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Class
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1.
What is this a picture of?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
pangea
d)
glacier scaring
2.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
3.
What does the word Pangea mean?
a)
big land mass
b)
old land
c)
all land
4.
What was Pangea?
a)
An ancient Mountain Range that divided Africa
b)
A large valley where civilization began.
c)
A supercontinent where all Earth's land masses were joined.
d)
A large meteor that hit Earth and destroyed all of the dinosaurs
5.
What is represented by the picture?
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Pangea
c)
How the continents are arranged today
d)
Volcanoes
6.
How many continents are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
7.
What is the name of the object by number 4?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
South Pole
d)
Africa
8.
What is the name of the object by number 5?
a)
Australia
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
9.
What is the name of the object by number 6?
a)
Australia
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
10.
What is the name of the object by number 7?
a)
Australia
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
11.
What is the name of the object by number 1?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe
12.
What is the name of the object by number 2?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe
13.
How long ago is Pangea believed to have existed?
a)
200-300 million years ago
b)
1000-2000 years ago
c)
10,000-20,000 years ago
d)
20-30 billion years ago
14.
What is Pangaea?
a)
the name of a German scientist
b)
the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
c)
another name for continental drift
d)
the name of an ancient fossil
15.
A giant landmass that existed 200 million years ago
a)
Wegener
b)
Pangaea
c)
Archyopteryx
d)
Ammonite
16.
The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other
a)
True
b)
False
17.
According to the theory of continental drift, why do the coastlines of Africa and South America appear to fit together so well?
a)
Africa and South America used to be joined together ,but split apart long ago.
b)
Africa and South America are drifting towards each other and will soon fir together perfectly.
c)
Ocean currents on either side of the Atlantic have eroded the coastlines into the same shape.
d)
The theory does not explain why the coastlines seem to match.
18.
Three of the continents are:
a)
North America, South America, and Europe
b)
Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic
c)
North America, Indian, Asia
19.
Which two continents do not touch any other continents?
a)
North America and South America
b)
Australia and Antarctica
c)
Asia and Europe
20.
Which continent do you live on?
a)
South America
b)
Africa
c)
North America
21.
A continent is a large
a)
planet
b)
land mass
c)
country
d)
ocean
22.
Rifting is
a)
the process of breaking up
b)
come together
c)
dissapear
23.
Pangea is a ______word.
a)
Latin
b)
English
c)
Greek
d)
Spanish
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