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Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

ho is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Galileo

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Newton

2.

What is the name of the supercontinent

a)

North America

b)

India

c)

Pangea

d)

Asia

e)

Antarctica

3.

Which two continents did Pangea divide in to

a)

Russia

b)

Laurasia

c)

Asia

d)

Gondwanan

e)

India

4.

Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

a)

human bones

b)

Fossils

c)

rocks

d)

coal

e)

Landforms

5.

Wagner's theory was

a)

Continental drift

b)

Ice age

c)

Pangea

d)

Black hole

6.

The hypothesis of ________ was that all the continents were once joined as a single supercontinent and have since drifted apart.

a)

continental drift

b)

erosion

c)

weathering

d)

Plate tectonics

7.

What did Abraham Ortelius notice

a)

that mars in red

b)

water is salty

c)

Continental crust

d)

that continent's coastline's look like they were ripped apart