Drifting Continents

True or False?

Pangaea is the supercontinent that Wegener suggested occurred on Earth about 300 million years ago.

• True

• False

Wegener inferred that ancient reptiles, like Glossopteris, once lived on a single landmass that has since split apart.

• True

• False

Wegener used evidence from land features, fossils, and climate to support his theory of continental drift.

• True

• False

Oceanic drift is the idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface.

• True

• False

Most geologists of Wegener's time accepted his idea of drifting continents.

• True

• False

_____________ of the plant Glossopteris provided evidence for Wegener's hypothesis for continental drift.

The idea of continents moving slowly over Earth's surface was developed by German scientist __________________.

• Marie Tharp

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Bruce Heezen

Wegener noticed that mountain ranges on the continents of South America and _________________ line up.

• Africa

• North America

• Europe

• Antartica

As a continent moves _________________ the poles, its climate gets colder.

• away from

• towards

As a continent moves toward the equator, its climate gets ________________.

• warmer

• colder