Drifting Continents Lesson 1 Quiz Review

Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus were ancient plants.

Fossils of the fern-like plant Glossopteris provided evidence for Wegener's hypothesis.

Wegener noticed that this land feature in Europe and North America line up if the continents are put next to each other.

Wegener found that mountain ranges on South America line up with mountain ranges on

Wegener used this evidence to support his theory of continental drift

Wegener suggested that this supercontinent included all the continents joined together.

Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus could not swim across an ocean because

Any trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock is a....

Glossopteris, Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus were all found

Most geologists of Wegener's time did NOT accept his hypothesis of drifting continents

This theory states that the continents slowly move over Earth's surface.

Wegener was able to explain what force moved the continents.

As a continent moves toward the equator its climate gets

The climate of a continent gets colder as it moves toward the poles.

Fossils of tropical plants on a cold island provide evidence that the island must have moved.