Pangaea Quiz

What is Pangaea?

• A type of dinosaur

• A type of flower

• A famous mountain range

• Supercontinent

What are the two main pieces of evidence for the existence of Pangaea?

• climate change and erosion

• fit of the continents like a puzzle and matching fossil evidence

• Trip to Disney

What is plate tectonics?

• Plate tectonics is the movement of oceans

• Plate tectonics is the change of the supercontinent into 7 continents

• Plate tectonics is the process of erosion on Earth's surface.

What is a supercontinent?

• A supercontinent is a small landmass that consists of multiple continents joined together.

• A supercontinent is a body of water that consists of multiple continents joined together.

• A supercontinent is a large landmass that consists of multiple continents joined together.

What is fossil evidence?

• Fossil evidence is the term used to describe the study of ancient homes

• Fossil evidence refers to the remains of ancient organisms that are found in the air

• Remains or traces of ancient organisms preserved in rocks or sediments.

What caused the breakup of Pangaea?

• Volcanic activity

• Plate tectonics

• Meteor impact

• Climate change

What is the name of the center of Earth

• Mantle

• Core

• lithosphere

What is the name of the outer layer (third layer) of the Earth's Core

• Mantle

• Core

• lithosphere

Where on Earth is Mantle breaking through?

• Sea Floor

• Mountains

• Fossils

Label the 3 layers of the center of Earth

a

b

c

Mantle

Core

Lithosphere