Continental Drift

quiz- thursday october 16th

Which fossil evidence supports the idea of continental drift?

Glossopteris, Lystrosaurus

Which land features support the theory of continental drift?

Coal fields, coastlines, mountain ranges

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

Eurasia, South America, North America

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

Pangaea

In Wegener's view, what caused mountain ranges to form?

continents colliding

South Africa's current climate is too warm for glaciers. According to the theory of continental drift, which statement best explains why evidence of glaciers appeared in South Africa millions of years ago?

South Africa was closer to the poles and has drifted to its current location.

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

fossils, land features, climate change

Fossils of Glossopteris, an extinct fern, were discovered on which continents to support the theory of continental drift?

Africa, Australia, Antarctica

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

Continents looked like they fit together.

Which continents contain fossils of Mesosaurus, an extinct reptile, in similar regions of Pangaea?

Africa, South America

What evidence of climate change on continents supports the theory of continental drift?

signs that glaciers existed in South Africa

Which evidence suggests that Africa, Antarctica, South America, India, and Australia formed Gondwanaland 200 million years ago?

similar fossils, folded mountains, matching coastlines

Lystrosaurus provided which type of evidence supporting continental drift?

fossil evidence

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

continental drift theory