Continental Drift

Front

What is the name for the large landmass of all the continents that formed 175 million years ago?

Back

Pangaea

Front

What is the study of plates, their movement, and Earth’s features that they affect called?

Back

Plate Tectonics

Front

What piece of evidence for Continental Drift states that similar types and ages of rocks are found on different continents?

Back

Landform/Rock Evidence

Front

How was Wegener's theory of Continental Drift received by other scientists at the time?

Back

They did not accept it.

Front

What does the discovery of ancient fern fossils on Antarctica suggest?

Back

That Antarctica drifted from a warmer climate where plants could grow.

Front

What is the theory that explains the movement of the Earth's lithosphere?

Back

Plate Tectonics.

Front

What is the term for the edges where tectonic plates meet?

Back

Plate Boundaries.

Front

What type of evidence includes the distribution of fossils across continents?

Back

Fossil/Climate Evidence.

Front

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed before the continents drifted apart?

Back

Pangaea.

Front

What geological feature is formed at divergent plate boundaries?

Back

Mid-ocean ridges.