Continental Drift Station Labs Check In

The two continents that fit together like puzzle pieces are ________ and ___________.

• South America and Africa

• North America and Asia

• South America and Antarctica

• Africa and Europe

Alfred Wegener called the supercontinent

• Paramount

• Panda Express

• Panama

• Pangea

The two primary pieces of evidence Wegener used to support his theory were…

• Similarities in animal fossils but not plant fossils

• Ocean temperature and candy canes

• Similarities in animal

  and plant fossils on

  separate continents in

  similar geographic

  ranges, as well as

  matching ancient rocks

  on what are now

  separate land masses.

What would be the best title for this passage?

• How Continental Drift Works

• Fossil Evidence in Support of

  Continental Drift

• Where Did the Mesosaurus Live?

• Who Was Alfred Wegener?

Which of the following statements is best supported by the details in the article?

• The continents were once joined into a supercontinent that broke apart very quickly.

• Continental Drift is proven by the location of fossils found, but not the shape of the continents

• Continental Drift is supported by both the shape of the continents and the pattern of fossils found.

Where do you think Mesosaurus lived when the continents were still joined? Near the junction of…

• North America & South America

• South America & Africa

• Africa & Asia

• Antarctica & Australia

Sort the available cards into two columns to show what was and was not Alfred Wegener’s evidence of Continental Drift.

Groups:

(a) Wegener's Evidence of Continental Drift

,

(b) NOT Wegener’s Evidence of Continental Dr

• Glacier evidence was found in places glaciers should have never been

  
  

• Fossil evidence matched on each continent 

  
  Fossil evidence matched on each continent 

  
  

• Evidence of hurricane damage was present on each continent

• The salinity of the water in each of the oceans matched 

  
  

• The density of the continents is the same on each continent

• Landmass bridges were found across the oceans 

  
  Landmass bridges were found across the oceans 

  
  

• Continents fit together like pieces of a puzzle.

• Landforms like rivers and mountain ranges matched on continents

Which of the following processes causes the Earth’s tectonic plates to move?

• the daily cycle of high and low tides

• convection currents in the Earth’s mantle

• the continuous flow of ocean currents

• high pressure in the atmosphere

Which of the following statements best explains why fossils of Mesosaurus were found in both Africa and S. America?

• The animals swam back and forth between Africa and South America.

• The animals crossed between the continents using a land bridge

• Africa and S. America were likely once adjacent to each other in one continent

• The animals evolved and flew over the ocean

Which of the following pieces of evidence was NOT used to support the Theory of Continental Drift?

• The shape of the continents appear to fit together like a puzzle

• Identical fossils have been found on multiple continents separated by oceans.

• There was traces of land bridges connecting separate continents.