WorksheetsColliding Continents: Pangea Quizizz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 8mins
Define: Continental Drift
Gradual movement of Continents over Earth's surface
The fixed and permanent position of all continents over time
The next Fast and Furious Sequel
Define: Fossil
The remains of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
A modern and living species
the primary research for Anthropologists
Define: Glacier
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the snow and temperatures on mountains or low latitudes.
A river delta near the Mediterranean Sea
A desert that stretches across Northern Africa
Define: Ice Age
A period of very low global temperatures and expansion (growth) of glaciers across the globe.
A period of very hot global temperatures and receding (moving back) glaciers across the globe.
A scene from the movie Jurassic World
Define: Pangea
A supercontinent made up of all the world's present landmasses joined together during the Triassic period.
The continents of Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America as they are today.
The continents of only Antarctica and North America together as their own continent.
Define: Continent
any of the world's main, continuous expanses of land: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, & South America.
Any of the world's smaller areas of land surrounded on all sides by water
Any of the world's areas of land surrounded on three sides by water.
The North or South Pole
Define: SuperContinent
The assembly (grouping) of most or all of Earth's continental blocks of land to form a single large landmass.
The smaller continents at the North and South Pole today.
Australia
Name this first true Continent:
Africa
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
Name this continent
Africa
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
Name this continent
Africa
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
Name this continent
Africa
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
Name this continent
Europe
North America
South America
Greenland
Name this continent
Europe
North America
South America
Greenland
Name this continent
Europe
North America
South America
Greenland
One way geologists define continents is...
Plate boundries
Rivers
Mountains
Weather
What does "geo" mean in Greek?
earth or ground
water or rain
people or culture
What does "ology" mean in Greek?
study or science of...
earth or ground
water or rain
people or culture
What is Geologist Alfred Wegener best known for?
His early 20th Century theory of Continental Drift
His early 20th Century theory of Gravity
His early 20th Century theory of E=Mc2
