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WorksheetsDistribution of Oceans and Continents
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who developed the continental drift theory in 1912?
Alexzander
Humboldt
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
How much percentage of the earth is covered by Continents?
29
71
28
72
It’s the position of the continents and ocean bodies were same in the past?
Yes
No
both 1 and 2
None of the above
The super continental landmass is known as?
Panthalassa
Pangaea
Laurasia
Gondwanaland
The mega-ocean is known as?
Panthalassa
Pangaea
Gondwanaland
Laurasia
The Polar Fleeing force relates to?
Revolution of the earth
Rotation of the earth
Attraction of the moon and sun
All of the above
Which one of the following was the first to consider the possibility of Europe, Africa and America having been located side by side?
Alfred Wegener
Antonio Pellegrini
Abraham Ortelius
Hettner
Which of the following are responsible for drifting of the continents?
Pole-fleeing force
Tidal force
Both 1 and 2
None of the above
Which one of the following are two big large continental masses which got split from Pangaea?
Laurasia and Gondwanaland
Panthalassa and Pangaea
Laurasia and Panthalassa
None
Who proposed the Sea Floor Spreading Concept?
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
Alexander
Humboldt
What do we called when two plates moves away from each other?
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
All of the above
When did fold take place?
When two plates moves close to each other
When two plates moves away from each other
When two plates slides one over another
All of the above
As a evidence of Continental drift theory, the shorelines of which two specific continents fit together most remarkably and unmistakably?
Africa and North America
Antarctica and Africa
South America and Europe
South America and Africa
The fossils of Mesosaurus are found in which pair of continents?
a) South America and Europe
a) North America and Africa
a) Africa and South America
a) Africa and Antarctica
The Himalayas were formed by the collision of which two converging plates?
Eurasian and African plate
Eurasian and Indian plate
Indian and African plate
Indian and Pacific plate
