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WorksheetsContinental Drift Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Andrija Mohorovicic
Beno Gutenberg
What is Pangaea?
the name of an ancient fossil
the name of a supercontinent that existed million of years ago
another name for continental drift
the name of a German Scientist
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
evidence from fossils
evidence from human remains
evidence from climates
evidence from landforms
Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a
landmass
landforms
continent
fossil
What made pangea split apart?
Continental Drit
Continental Drift
Ocean currents
Earths Core
Order the pictures of Pangaea from oldest to present day.
Why was Wagener's hypothesis rejected by the scientific community? PICK TWO !!!
He was a meteoroligist
He was a geologist
He couldn't understand how fossils could be on seperated continents
He couldn't explain what force was moving the landmasses
What is the sea that separates Laurasia and Gondwanaland?
(a)
Tectonic plates consist of____.
Continental crust
Oceanic Crust
Both continental and oceanic
Asthenosphere
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.
What type of boundary is illustrated in the diagram?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Ocean crust is made of _______ and is _______ dense than continental crust.
basalt, less
basalt, more
granite, less
granite, more
When did the continents break apart?
Im asking you.
123,456,789 years ago
132,465,768,798 years ago
175,000,000 years ago
