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WorksheetsPractice - Continental Drift
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The warmest parts of Earth are near the ____, which always gets direct sunlight.
Poles
Equator
The coldest parts of Earth are near the ____, which never gets direct sunlight.
Poles
Equator
You are out walking and find this cactus fossil.
Where do you infer this habitat was?
Near the Poles
Near the Equator
You are out walking and find this fossil.
Where do you infer this habitat was?
Near the Equator
Near the Poles
When we observe the same reptile fossil in two places, we infer ___.
The reptile flew to a new habitat.
The habitats used to be near each other.
Someone buried the fossils in a new place to trick us.
When I observe that the green lizard fossil is on many continents, I infer ____.
The lizard can fly.
The continents moved.
Someone is trying to trick us.
When a continent moves, we call it ____.
Tectonics
Drift
Transfer
Which fossil would you expect to find near the Equator?
Penguins
Polar Bears
Cactus
Snowshoe Hares
Which fossil would you expect to find near the Poles?
Penguins
Tropical Fish
Cactus
Elephants
You find this fossil near the Equator.
What is the best inference?
Mammoths used to have traits that were helpful in warm places.
The mammoth's habitat drifted from the Poles to the Equator.
The Equator used to be really cold.
You find this fossil near the Poles.
What do you infer?
The ancient cactus could grow in the snow.
The habitat drifted from the Equator to the Poles.
The Poles used to be really hot.
The most recent supercontinent was called ____.
Gigantia
Pangaea
Humongia
It is taken the continents ____ years to drift from Pangaea to their current location.
300
300 Thousand
300 Million
300 Billion
True or False: The continents have always been in the same place they are today.
True
False
True or False: Scientists predict that the continents will keep drifting in the future.
True
False
