Pangea + Continental Drift

Where was North America located when it was part of Laurasia?

• Near Europe and Asia

• Near South America and Africa

• Near Asia and Australia

• Near India and Australia

Will our current map of Earth always look the same? Explain your answer.

• No, the continents will disappear.

• Yes, the continents have finished moving.

• It depends on climate change.

• No, the continents are still shifting.

What do we know about the continents we have today?

• They have stopped moving due to plate tectonics.

• They formed when Pangaea split apart.

• They formed when Pangaea split apart.

• They will never form another supercontinent.

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How does the formation of the Ural Mountains prove the idea of supercontinents?

• They are the oldest mountains formed during Pangaea.

• The mountains have moved like the continents have moved.

• Europe and Asia collided to form the mountains.

• They were formed when North and South America collided.

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Why did it matter that tropical plant fossils were found in Antarctica?

• It supported the idea that the continents used to be connected and then drifted.

• It supported the idea that people had migrated from the tropics to what is now known as Antarctica.

• It supported the idea that the southern hemisphere was once in the north and vice versa.

• It supported the idea that tropical plants can actually grow in cold climates.

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What was the accepted theory about the Earth's continents during Wegener's time?

• Continents were static and did not move.

• Continents rose and sank into the ocean.

• Continents occasionally moved rapidly, followed by long periods of staying in one place.

• Continents all formed from ancient volcanoes.

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What fossils did Wegener NOT use to support his idea of continental drift?

• Lystrosaurus

• Tyrannosaurus

• Mesosaurus

• Cynognathus

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In the fall of 1911, what was one of the problems Alfred Wegener saw in the theory that the Earth was unchanging?

• It didn't account for the coastlines of some of the Earth's continents.

• It didn't account for why the coastlines of South America and Europe looked like they fit together.

• The idea of land bridges or stepping stone islands between continents had been debunked.

• It couldn't account for identical fossil evidence being discovered on different continents.

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What evidence did Wegener NOT use to support his idea of continental drift?

• Mountain ranges on different continents lined up when coastlines were matched up.

• Rock strata on different continents lined up when coastlines were matched up.

• The thickness of layers of ice in the Antarctic.

• Fossils of plants and animals in climates where their survival would have been impossible.

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Wegener's name for the super-continent he thought existed before the continents broke apart was _______

• Panthallassa

• Pangea

• Geotechnic

• Lunagea