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Worksheets19.08.20 Social Studies Exam: Pangea and Continental Drift
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Which TWO continents’ coastlines show that they were once joined together?
a)
South America and Africa
b)
Walt Disney World Resort and Hogwarts
c)
Europe and North America
2.
2. Which other continent's coastlines was also joined to Africa?
a)
Asia
b)
Trujillo Golf and Country Club
c)
North America
3.
3. What is the name of the scientist who said that the continents were joined together?
a)
Donald Trump
b)
Mr. George
c)
Alfred Wegener
4.
4. What was the nationality of the scientist who said that the continents were joined together?
a)
American
b)
British
c)
German
5.
5. When was he studying the continents?
a)
When he was dreaming last night
b)
At breakfast today
c)
Early 1900s
6.
6. What did the scientist call the continents when they were joined together?
a)
North America
b)
Pangaea (Or Pangea)
c)
He didn't, because he couldn't think of a name
7.
7. How many years ago were the continents joined together?
a)
100 million years ago
b)
200 million years ago
c)
Last night
8.
8. What does the scientist call the movement of continents over time?
a)
Monumental Lift
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Despacito
9.
9. What TWO pieces of evidence did the scientist have?
a)
Identical plant and animal fossils in South America and Africa
b)
He didn't have any evidence. He just told a story because he was bored one day and wanted to be silly!
c)
1. Fossils of identical animals in South America and Africa 2. Fossils of plants in cold, Artic regions where these plants cannot grow now
10.
10. What other piece of evidence for continental drift did Wegener have?
a)
He talked to some plant and animal fossils and asked them where they from and how old they were.
b)
His mum told him a bedtime story about continental drift.
c)
The age and type of rock was the same in South America and Africa
11.
11. What is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
a)
A mountain range on the ocean floor
b)
A great place to go on holiday!
c)
A 10,000 miles ocean
12.
12. What is the moving of the surface of the planet called?
a)
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
b)
Seafloor spreading
c)
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13.
13. How hot is Earth’s core?
a)
Not as hot as aji de gallina
b)
Colder than the surface of the sun
c)
As hot as the surface of the sun
14.
14. What are the pieces of the lithosphere called?
a)
Eggshells
b)
Plates
c)
Crust
15.
15. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the _ _ _ _ _ _ between plates?
a)
Ocean
b)
A TikTok dance
c)
Border
16.
16. What is the movement of plates called?
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
c)
Despacito
17.
17. What causes the movement of plates?
a)
Convection currents
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
18.
18. How quickly do Earth’s plates move?
a)
As fast as our fingernails grow
b)
Once every 250 million years
c)
Quicker than Mr. Robert's brain on a Monday morning
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