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evidences of plate movement

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He has credited for the idea on Continental Drift?

a)

Alfred Lothar Wegener

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Harry Hammond Hess

d)

Robert Dietz

2.

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

a)

Africa and North America

b)

South America and Africa

c)

South America and Europe

d)

Antarctica and Africa

3.

All continents were once joined together forming a supercontinent called____

a)

Panthalassa

b)

Gondwanaland

c)

Laurasia

d)

Pangaea

4.

It's possibly the most important fossils plant evidence that continents are drifting.

a)

Glossopteris

b)

Lystrosaurus

c)

Mesosaurus

d)

Cynognathus

5.

Which among the choices was NOT used by Wegener as an evidence to support the Continental Drift Theory?

a)

rocks

b)

fossils

c)

climate

d)

magnetic reversal

6.

What are the evidences gathered by Alfred Wegener to support his Continental Drift Theory?

a)

continental fit,rocks, fossils,coal deposits, ancient climate, and glaciers scars

b)

ancient climate in Antarctica and Africa

c)

remains of dead plants and animals

d)

observing the map

7.

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 no have supported the organism that made the fossils

c)

Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans

d)

All of the choices

8.

If coal beds are found in Antarctica, What can you infer about the location of this continent form the past?

a)

cold

b)

tropical

c)

extreme-cold

d)

extreme- hot

9.

If you were a cartographer, What will give you an idea that the continents were once joined?

a)

ocean depth

b)

shape of the continents

c)

position of the south pole

d)

size of the Atlantic Ocean

10.

This huge supercontinent was surrounded by one gigantic ocean

(a)  

11.

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.

a)

MESOSAURUS

b)

LYSTROSAURUS

c)

GLOSSOPTERIS

d)

CYNOGNATHUS

12.

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.

a)

MESOSAURUS

b)

GLOSSOPTERIS

c)

LYSTROSAURUS

d)

CYNOGNATHUS

13.

The _________, which translates to "shovel reptile," is thought to have been a herbivore with a stout built like a pig

a)

MESOSAURUS

b)

LYSTROSAURUS

c)

GLOSSOPTERIS

d)

CYNOGNATHUS

14.

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.

a)

MESOSAURUS

b)

GLOSSOPTERIS

c)

LYSTROSAURUS

d)

CYNOGNATHUS