Continental Drift

Question 1

Which three continents contain coal fields that provide evidence for continental drift?

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South America, North America, and Eurasia

Question 2

What first caused people to consider that the continents were once one large landmass?

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continents looked like they fit together

Question 3

A plate moves 200 m in 10,000 years. What is its rate in cm/year?

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2 cm/year

Question 4

What is the name of the theory that explains why mountain ranges in Africa and South America line up?

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continental drift theory

Question 5

Which source of evidence did Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?

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fossils found on Earth

Question 6

Which land feature supports the theory of continental drift?

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coal fields

Question 7

What name did Wegener give to the single large landmass composed of all continents?

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Pangaea

Question 8

Which coastlines most closely match each other and are, therefore, used as evidence to support Wegener’s theory?

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Africa and South America

Question 9

Which two pieces of fossil evidence support the idea of continental drift?

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Lystrosaurus and Glossopteris

Question 10

Which piece of evidence suggests that Africa and South America formed Gondwanaland 200 million years ago?

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folded mountains

Continental Drift Answers