Supercontinents

Our phenomenon is

• dinosaur bones were found in Africa

• a tropical fossil was found in Wyoming

• observations and inferences

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It is unusual that a tropical fossil was found in Wyoming because

• fossils aren't real

• Wyoming is a tropical location

• plants can't become fossils

• Wyoming is not a tropical location

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How many continents are on Earth today?

• 1

• 4

• 7

• 8

Fossils from similar animals and plants are always found on the same continent

• True

• False

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Something that I know based on my 5 senses is called an

• observation

• inference

• investigation

• evidence

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A supercontinent is

• a continent with special powers

• a large landmass that could divide into smaller continents

• a continent that can fly

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The most recent supercontinent, Pangaea, was thought to have existed

• 300 years ago

• 300,000 (300 thousand) years ago

• 300,000,000 (300 million) years ago

• 300,000,000,000 (300 billion) years ago

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Evidence that a supercontinent like Pangaea existed includes:

• videos from 300 million years ago

• human records of Pangaea

• fossil records and land shapes

• mountains and oceans

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