Layers Pangaea Continental Drift

What is the outermost layer of earth?

• inner core
• outer core
• mantle
• crust

This layer of Earth is solid iron and nickel

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Crust

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Who came up with the idea that all the continents were once joined together?

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Charles Darwin

• Werner Heisenberg

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According to the theory of continental drift, why do the coastlines of Africa and South America appear to fit together so well?

• Africa and South America used to be joined together, but split apart long ago.

• Africa and South America are drifting towards each other and will soon fit together perfectly.

• Ocean currents on either side of the Atlantic have eroded the coastlines into the same shape.

• The theory does not explain why the coastlines seem to match.

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Lystrosaurus was a slow-moving, plant-eating reptile that lived over 250 million years ago. Fossils of Lystrosaurus have been found in the brown areas shown below. How is this explained by the existence of Pangaea?

• Lystrosaurus swam across the oceans from one continent to another.

• Lystrosaurus drifted on rafts of vegetation from one continent to another.

• and bridges once crossed oceans to connect Africa, Antarctica, and India.

• Africa, Antarctica, and India used to be joined together into a single landmass.

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The map shows white areas that used to be covered by glaciers. Arrows show directions that glaciers moved. Based on the arrows, which red point was probably closest to the South Pole at the time of Pangaea?

• Point A

• Point B

• Point C

• Point D

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What is Plate Tectonics?

• movement of the Earth in space

• movement of the oceans against Earth's land

• movement of the Earth around the sun

• movement of the pieces of Earth's crust

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What are plates?

• pieces of the Earth's moon

• pieces of rock and dust floating in space

• pieces of the Earth's core

• pieces of Earth's crust

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What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above

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The circular arrows inside the Earth's Mantle represent what type of motion, that drives ALL plate movement?  

• Convergent Boundary
• Ocean Currents
• Convection Currents
• Transform Boundary

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