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Pangaea

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
2.
What is represented by the picture? 
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Pangea
c)
How the continents are arranged today
d)
Volcanoes
3.

Why did other scientists did no believe in Wegener’s theory?

a)

He could not explain how the continents moved

b)

He didn’t have evidence

c)

His data was wrong

d)

He didn’t use the right technology to gather data

4.
How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
a)
Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
b)
Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
c)
Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
d)
all of the above
5.
What happens when Subduction occurs?
a)
Parts of the crust fall into the mantle
b)
Parts of the crust fall into the core
c)
Parts of the crust fall into space
d)
None of the Above
6.

What is the inner-most layer of Earth?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

7.

What are plates?

a)

pieces of the Earth's moon

b)

pieces of rock and dust floating in space

c)

pieces of the Earth's core

d)

pieces of Earth's crust

8.

What is the outer-most layer of Earth?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

9.

What layer of Earth is made of magma?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

10.

Which layer of the core is made of molten metals?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

11.

what does pangaea's name mean

a)

all the world

b)

supercontinent

c)

alfred wegener

d)

feast

12.

South America and Africa look to fit together like a puzzle

a)

does not support the theory of Pangaea

b)

does support the theory of Pangaea

13.

It makes sense that Lystrosaurus would walk across

a)

the ocean

b)

one connected continent

14.

An object floats because it is

a)

More dense

b)

gravity

c)

Less dense

d)

Magnetism

15.

What did Wegener use as evidence to support his theory of Continental Drift?

a)

Puzzle-like fit

b)

Animal Fossils

c)

Glacial Etching

d)

Matching Weather Patters

e)

Similar rock types

16.

Wegener found evidence of what on the different continents that were an ocean apart?

a)

fossils

b)

people

c)

books

d)

fingerprints

17.
What are the two continents the fits together based on Wegener's Theory?
a)
Asia and Russia
b)
India and Asia
c)
South America and Africa
d)
Africa and Asia
18.

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

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Columbus

c)

Alfred Wegener

19.

Why was Wegener's theory not accepted?

a)

He had no proof of how they were moving

b)

He was not a scientist

c)

He was married

20.
What evidence did Wegener have for his theory of continental drift?
a)
He had no good evidence.
b)
He knew that plant and animal fossils as well as rock layers matched up in South America and Africa.
c)
He explained how the continents moved