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Distribution of Oceans and Continents

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who developed the continental drift theory in 1912?

a)

Alexzander

b)

Humboldt

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Harry Hess

2.

How much percentage of the earth is covered by Continents?

a)

29

b)

71

c)

28

d)

72

3.

It’s the position of the continents and ocean bodies were same in the past?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

both 1 and 2

d)

None of the above

4.

The super continental landmass is known as?

a)

Panthalassa

b)

Pangaea

c)

Laurasia

d)

Gondwanaland

5.

The mega-ocean is known as?

a)

Panthalassa

b)

Pangaea

c)

Gondwanaland

d)

Laurasia

6.

The Polar Fleeing force relates to?

a)

Revolution of the earth

b)

Rotation of the earth

c)

Attraction of the moon and sun

d)

All of the above

7.

Which one of the following was the first to consider the possibility of Europe, Africa and America having been located side by side?

a)

Alfred Wegener

b)

Antonio Pellegrini

c)

Abraham Ortelius

d)

Hettner

8.

Which of the following are responsible for drifting of the continents?

a)

Pole-fleeing force

b)

Tidal force

c)

Both 1 and 2

d)

None of the above

9.

Which one of the following are two big large continental masses which got split from Pangaea?

a)

Laurasia and Gondwanaland

b)

Panthalassa and Pangaea

c)

Laurasia and Panthalassa

d)

None

10.

Who proposed the Sea Floor Spreading Concept?

a)

Alfred Wegener

b)

Harry Hess

c)

Alexander

d)

Humboldt

11.

What do we called when two plates moves away from each other?

a)

Convergent Boundary

b)

Divergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

All of the above

12.

When did fold take place?

a)

When two plates moves close to each other

b)

When two plates moves away from each other

c)

When two plates slides one over another

d)

All of the above

13.

As a evidence of Continental drift theory, the shorelines of which two specific continents fit together most remarkably and unmistakably?

a)

Africa and North America

b)

Antarctica and Africa

c)

South America and Europe

d)

South America and Africa

14.

The fossils of Mesosaurus are found in which pair of continents?

a)

a) South America and Europe

b)

a) North America and Africa

c)

a) Africa and South America

d)

a) Africa and Antarctica

15.

The Himalayas were formed by the collision of which two converging plates?

a)

Eurasian and African plate

b)

Eurasian and Indian plate

c)

Indian and African plate

d)

Indian and Pacific plate