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Continental Drift
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1) What is the name of the scientist that came up with the theory of continental drift?
A
Albert Watson
B
Albert Wegener
C
Alfred Wegener
D
Alfred Einstein
2) What is the name of the fresh-water animal fossil found on Pangaea?
A
Mesosaurus
B
Glossopteris
C
Stegosaurus
D
Lystrosaurus
3) Most scientists support continental drift.
A
False
B
True
4) In what year did Wegener come up with his theory?
A
1982
B
1912
C
2013
D
1900
5) Rocks in Europe matched rocks found in Africa.
A
False
B
True
6) How long ago did Pangaea exist?
A
150 billion years ago
B
250 million years ago
C
500 million years ago
D
50 million years ago
7) What does drift mean?
A
to float
B
to move up and down
C
to move apart slowly
D
to move apart quickly
8) What 2 continents seemed to have matching coastlines like jigsaw pieces?
A
Africa and Europe
B
South America and North America
C
South America and Africa
D
North America and Europe
9) What was the name of the plant fossil found on Pangaea?
A
Wegener
B
Mesosaurus
C
Glossopteris
D
Lystrosaurs
10) What does Pangaea mean in Greek?
A
all the land
B
all the people
C
all the world
D
all the life
11) What 2 continents had matching mountains on them?
A
North America and Africa
B
North America and Europe
C
South America and Africa
D
South America and Europe
12) How much do the continents move each year?
A
25 centimeters
B
2 1/2 centimeters
C
2 miles
D
2 1/2 feet
13) It took 50 million years for the continents to separate and drift apart.
A
False
B
True
14) What was the lystrosaurus?
A
An animal fossil found on Pangaea
B
The name of the supercontinent
C
A dinosaur
D
A plant fossil found on Pangaea
15) What country is the scientist that came up with continental drift from?
A
Germany
B
Russia
C
Austria
D
Poland
16) Which 2 continents had matching coal beds and diamonds found on them?
A
North America and Europe
B
South America and North America
C
South America and Africa
D
Africa and Europe
17) Alfred Wegener studied the fossils of the Mesosaurus.
A
True
B
False
18) What are traces of living things called?
A
fossils
B
Pangaea
C
minerals
D
rocks
19) What was found in Africa and South America that shows there was an ice age?
A
fossils
B
glacial deposits
C
diamonds
D
rocks
20) Which one of these is NOT a type of evidence that supports continental drift?
A
Climate
B
Matching Mountains
C
Fossils
D
Shapes of Coastlines
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