WorksheetsQuiz: Building Pangea
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 35mins
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Class
Date
1.
Who came up with the idea that all the continents were once joined together?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Alfred Wegener
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Werner Heisenberg
2.
What is Pangaea?
a)
an ice sheet which covered several continents
b)
the fossil of a fern found on different continents
c)
a mountain belt linking two continents
d)
a supercontinent that contained all the continents
3.
Which of the following is evidence that supports continental drift?
a)
The presence of penguins at the equator and Antarctica.
b)
Fossils of the same plant have been found on several different continents.
c)
The presence of glacial features in Antarctica.
d)
The presence of volcanic rock in Antarctica.
4.
According to the theory of continental drift, why do the coastlines of Africa and South America appear to fit together so well?
a)
Africa and South America used to be joined together, but split apart long ago.
b)
Africa and South America are drifting towards each other and will soon fit together perfectly.
c)
Ocean currents on either side of the Atlantic have eroded the coastlines into the same shape.
d)
The theory does not explain why the coastlines seem to match.
5.
What evidence supports the idea that all the continents were once joined together?
a)
Similar rocks found on different continents.
b)
Mountains created by colliding continents.
c)
Evidence of glaciers in unexpected places.
d)
All of the above.
6.
Lystrosaurus was a slow-moving, plant-eating reptile that lived over 250 million years ago. Fossils of Lystrosaurus have been found in the brown areas shown below. How is this explained by the existence of Pangaea?
a)
Lystrosaurus swam across the oceans from one continent to another.
b)
Lystrosaurus drifted on rafts of vegetation from one continent to another.
c)
Land bridges once crossed oceans to connect Africa, Antarctica, and India.
d)
Africa, Antarctica, and India used to be joined together into a single landmass.
7.
What evidence proved that South America, Africa, India, and Australia were once covered by glaciers?
a)
cold climates
b)
rock surfaces scarred by glaciers
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