Continental Drift Theory Quiz

He was credited for the idea of Continental Drift Theory?

• Alfred Lothar Wegener

• Charles Darwin

• Harry Hammond Hess

• Robert Dietz

All continents were once joined together forming a supercontinent called__________.

• Panthalassa

• Laurasia

• Gondwanaland

• Pangaea

It is possibly the most important fossil plant evidence that continents are drifting.

• Glossopteris

• Lystrosaurus

• Mesosaurus

• Cynognathus

What are the evidence gathered by Alfred Wegener to support his Continental Drift Theory?

• continental fit, rocks, fossils, coal deposits, ancient climate, and glaciers scars

• the ancient climate of Antarctica and Africa

• remains of dead plants and animals

• observing the map

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America

• South America and Africa

• South America and Europe

• Antarctica and Africa

How do fossils, rocks, and climate help prove that the continents moved? Give one example for each.