Continental Drift (skills drill)

An enormous single large mass.

• Pannotia
• Pangaea
• Rodinia
• Ultimita

The best evidence that the continents were once connected is that they have matching

• Weather, fossils, and Rock Types
• Rock types, fossils, coastlines
• Coastlines, weather, rock types
• Coastlines, weather, fossils

What could Wegener not correctly explain about his theory of continental drift?

• Connection of fossils
• Rock types aligning 
• What it feels like to be in a weather balloon for  52 hours
• The force responsible for the continents moving

What is the theory of continental drift?

• the continents move slowly over Earth's surface
• continents moved millions of years ago but are now fixed
• the continents were once fixed, but have just now begun to move
• the continents are fixed in position

How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

• Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
• Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
• Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
• all of the above

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America
• South America and Europe
• South America and Africa
• Antartica and Africa

Which of the following is NOT true?

• Glacier grooves in Canada are evidence that the continents have moved
• Glacier grooves in Africa are evidence that the continents have moved
• Coal deposits in Antarctica are evidence that the continent used to be located near the equator
• Paleoclimatic data is evidence that the continents have moved

The Appalachian Mountains and Caledonian Mountains are evidence that the continents were once connected because...

• they are the same age so they formed at the same time.
• their structure is the same so they formed together.
• they could form one continuous mountain chain if you put the continents together.
• all of the above