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WorksheetsWegener's Evidence
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who was the young German scientist who made a surprising discovery in 1910?
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Isaac Newton
Charles Darwin
What is the term used to describe the movement of continents to their present positions?
Plate tectonics
Continental drift
Seafloor spreading
Orogeny
Where were the fossils of the reptile Mesosaurus found?
North America and Europe
South America and Africa
Asia and Australia
Antarctica and India
Where were Lystrosaurus fossils found?
Africa, India, and Antarctica
North America, Europe, and Asia
South America, Australia, and Africa
Asia, Antarctica, and Europe
What did Wegener believe about reptiles found on different continents?
They swam across the oceans
They flew between continents
They lived when the continents were joined
They were transported by humans
In which year did Alfred Wegener make his discovery?
1900
1910
1920
1930
What did Wegener notice about the coastlines of South America and Africa?
They were completely different
They fit together like puzzle pieces
They were the same size
They had the same climate
Aside from land features, what types of evidence did Wegener use to support his theory? Choose TWO!!
Climate evidence
Fossil evidence
Language evidence
Cultural evidence
Where is Antarctica currently located?
At the North Pole
At the South Pole
Near the Equator
In the Northern Hemisphere
What surprised scientists about Antarctica?
The presence of ice
The presence of coal beds
The presence of volcanoes
The presence of deserts
The presence of coal in Antarctica suggests what about its past climate?
It was always cold
It was warmer in the past
It was always dry
It was always icy
Where do scientists believe Antarctica was located in the past?
Near the equator
At the North Pole
In the Southern Hemisphere
In the Western Hemisphere
Why was Wegener's theory rejected by geologists?
There was no evidence
He could not explain how the continents moved
There was too much evidence
He was not a geologist
What is the main topic of the document?
The history of Antarctica
Evidence of continental drift
The life cycle of plants
Coal formation
What is the significance of Glossopteris fossils being found on more than one continent?
It shows that continents have always been separate
It supports the idea of continental drift
It proves the existence of dinosaurs
It indicates a global flood
A (a) is the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past and can give scientists a lot of information about Earth’s past.
(a) are (b) parts of plants and (c) .
