Which is true about the Lystrosaurus (orange)?

Found in Africa, India, and Antarctica

Why was the theory of continental drift ignored for so long?

They had to wait for the technology to be created

Which is true about the fern Glossopteris?

Found on places too far for it to spread by wind or animals

Which explains how the Lystrosaurus fossils have explained the existence of Pangaea

These continents used to be joined into a single landmass

Which is true about he Glossopteris (green)?

Found in South America, Africa India, Antarctica & Australia

Which is true about the land reptile Cynogathus

It's a land reptile found in places separated by water

Which is true about how the freshwater reptile, Mesosaurus supports continental drift

It's a freshwater reptile separated by salt water

Which is true about the land reptile Lystrosaurus (orange)?

It's a land reptile found on places separated by water.

Why do the coastlines of Africa and South America fit together so well?

They were one joined but split apart

Which is true about the Cynogathus (blue)

Found in South America and Africa

Which is true about the land reptile Lystrosaurus (orange)?

It's found in a place that is too cold to support life.

Which is true about the fern Glossopteris?

Found in places too cold for it to survive

Which is true about the Mesosaurus (purple)?

Found in South America and Africa

What force makes continental drift possible?

Convection currents in the mantle

What landforms did Wegener use to prove continental drift?

Both mountains and coastlines of continents

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1
Which is true about the Lystrosaurus (orange)?
Found in South America and Africa
Found in Africa and Antarctica
Found in Africa, India, and Australia
Found in Africa, India, and Antarctica
2
What piece of evidence does the following statement support?
Climate
Landforms
Fossils
3
What piece of evidence does the following statement support?
Fossils
Climate
Landforms
4
Why was the theory of continental drift ignored for so long?
People were scared to believe something new.
No one knew how to work the technology that was available
People believed him right away
They had to wait for the technology to be created
5
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago?
Wegener
Continental Drift
Eurasia
Pangaea
6
What is the definition for continental drift?
The spreading of the sea floor.
Process of ocean floor sinking beneath the crust.
A supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago.
The drifting of the continents
7
Which is true about the fern Glossopteris?
Found on continents that are currently connected.
It's a freshwater plant separated by saltwater.
Found on places too far for it to spread by wind or animals
Found in places too hot for it to survive
8
What piece of evidence does the following statement support?
Landforms
Fossils
Climate
9
Which explains how the Lystrosaurus fossils have explained the existence of Pangaea
These continents used to be joined into a single landmass
They swam across the oceans to the continents
They crossed land bridges that connected these continents
They drifted of rafts of vegetation
10
Which is true about he Glossopteris (green)?
Found in South America, Africa India, Antarctica & Australia
Found in Africa, India and Antarctica only
Found in India, Antarctica, and Australia only
Found in South America and Africa only
11
What is the name of the scientist that proposed the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Harry Hess
Charles Darwin
12
What piece of evidence does the following statement support?
Climate
Landforms
Fossils
13
What piece of evidence does the following statement support?
Fossils
Landforms
Climate
14
What evidence for climate did Wegener use to prove continental drift?
Coastline of continents
Fossils
Glaciers
Mountain Ranges
15
Which is true about the land reptile Cynogathus
The Cynogathus didn't really exist
It's a reptile that can only live in freshwater.
It's a land reptile found in places too cold today
It's a land reptile found in places separated by water
16
Which is true about how the freshwater reptile, Mesosaurus supports continental drift
Found on two continents currently side by side
It's a land reptile separated by water
It's a freshwater reptile separated by salt water
Found in a place that is too cold for it to live.
17
Which is true about the land reptile Lystrosaurus (orange)?
It's found in places too hot for the animal to live
Found on land that no longer exists today
It's a land reptile found on places separated by water.
It's a freshwater reptile separated by salt water
18
Which of the following is not evidence used to support the theory of continental drift
Climate
Trade winds
Fossils
Landforms
19
Why do the coastlines of Africa and South America fit together so well?
They are moving toward each other
None are the right answer
Ocean current have eroded the coastlines into the same shape
They were one joined but split apart
20
Which is true about the Cynogathus (blue)
Found in South America, Africa and India
Found in South America and Africa
Found in Australia and Antarctica
Found in Africa, India and Antarctica
21
Which is true about the land reptile Lystrosaurus (orange)?
It's found in places too dry for the animal to live
It's a freshwater reptile separated by salt water
Found on land that is not included on this map
It's found in a place that is too cold to support life.
22
Which is true about the fern Glossopteris?
Found in places too hot for it to survive
Found in places too cold for it to survive
Found on continents not included on this map.
Not able to travel to different continents due to saltwater.
23
Which is true about the Mesosaurus (purple)?
Found in South America only
Found in Africa, India and Antarctica
Found in South America and Africa
Found in Australia, Antarctica and India
24
What force makes continental drift possible?
Convection currents in the outer core
Friction
Gravity
Convection currents in the mantle
25
What landforms did Wegener use to prove continental drift?
Coastlines of continents
Mountain Ranges
Both mountains and coastlines of continents
Glaciers
26
What piece of evidence does the following statement support?
Fossils
Climate
Landforms

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