Worksheetsevidences of plate movement
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
He has credited for the idea on Continental Drift?
Alfred Lothar Wegener
Charles Darwin
Harry Hammond Hess
Robert Dietz
What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
Africa and North America
South America and Africa
South America and Europe
Antarctica and Africa
All continents were once joined together forming a supercontinent called____
Panthalassa
Gondwanaland
Laurasia
Pangaea
It's possibly the most important fossils plant evidence that continents are drifting.
Glossopteris
Lystrosaurus
Mesosaurus
Cynognathus
Which among the choices was NOT used by Wegener as an evidence to support the Continental Drift Theory?
rocks
fossils
climate
magnetic reversal
What are the evidences gathered by Alfred Wegener to support his Continental Drift Theory?
continental fit,rocks, fossils,coal deposits, ancient climate, and glaciers scars
ancient climate in Antarctica and Africa
remains of dead plants and animals
observing the map
How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together
Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could no have supported the organism that made the fossils
Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans
All of the choices
If coal beds are found in Antarctica, What can you infer about the location of this continent form the past?
cold
tropical
extreme-cold
extreme- hot
If you were a cartographer, What will give you an idea that the continents were once joined?
ocean depth
shape of the continents
position of the south pole
size of the Atlantic Ocean
This huge supercontinent was surrounded by one gigantic ocean
(a)
The _______ is known to have been a type of reptile, similar to the modern crocodile, which propelled itself through the water with its long hind legs and limber tail.
MESOSAURUS
LYSTROSAURUS
GLOSSOPTERIS
CYNOGNATHUS
The now extinct ______ was a mammal-like reptile. Roaming the terrains during the Triassic period (250 to 240 million years ago), it was as large as a modern wolf.
MESOSAURUS
GLOSSOPTERIS
LYSTROSAURUS
CYNOGNATHUS
The _________, which translates to "shovel reptile," is thought to have been a herbivore with a stout built like a pig
MESOSAURUS
LYSTROSAURUS
GLOSSOPTERIS
CYNOGNATHUS
Possibly the most important fossil evidence found in the plant, __________. The ________ fossil is found in Australia, Antarctica, India, South Africa, and South America—all the southern continents.
MESOSAURUS
GLOSSOPTERIS
LYSTROSAURUS
CYNOGNATHUS
