Drifting Continents Lesson 1 Quiz Review

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

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

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

Glossopteris, Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus were all found

Wegener was able to explain what force moved the continents.

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

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

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

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

Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus were ancient plants.

Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus could not swim across an ocean because

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

As a continent moves toward the equator its climate gets

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

Wegener used this evidence to support his theory of continental drift