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Continental Drift
Test Description: This will help you review Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of Continental Drift.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,
A
Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses.
B
the continents were once joined together in a single landmass.
C
the continents do not move.
D
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking.
2) What is Pangaea?
A
the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
B
the name of a German Scientist
C
another name for continental drift
D
the name of an ancient fossil
3) Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
A
evidence from fossils
B
evidence from climate
C
evidence from human remains
D
evidence from landforms
4) Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a
A
landmass
B
fossil
C
landform
D
continent
5) Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because
A
Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis
B
they were afraid of a new idea
C
Wegener could not identify a force that could move the continents
D
Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago.
6) The hypothesis of ________ was that all the continents were once joined as a single supercontinent and have since drifted apart.
A
Convection
B
Plate Tectonics
C
Continental Drift
D
Sea-floor Spreading
7) Wegener believed that the continents had once been joined in one landmass called
A
Panama
B
The United States of America
C
Pangaea
D
Eurasia
8) To support his hypothesis, Alfred Wegener provided evidence from _________, traces of ancient organisms in rock.
A
fossils
B
landmasses
C
climate
D
rocks
9) The word Pangaea means
A
Drifting
B
Island
C
All land
D
Breaking
10) Wegener used a fern-like fossil called ________ to prove that the continents used to be part of a supercontinent.
A
Lystrosaurus
B
Glossopteris
C
Cynognathus
D
Mesosaurus
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