Continental Drift

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How did the continents move from 200 million years ago when Pangaea was in existence to today's current location?
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Earthquakes
Convection currents
Radiation
Seismic Waves

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Q1
How did the continents move from 200 million years ago when Pangaea was in existence to today's current location?
Earthquakes
Convection currents
Radiation
Seismic Waves
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Q2
Which is true about Africa's location in the distant past (200 million years ago)?
Was in the exact same location
Was near one of the poles
Was higher up so it was right on the equator
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Q3
South America moved from near one of the poles. What evidence tells us that?
Fossil L of Lystrosaurus AND Fossil M of Mesosaurus
Tropical swamp remains
The glacier remains
Mountain Range E
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Q4
India used to be located where? How do we know?
Next to North America because of Fossil S (Stegasaurus fossils)
Near one of the poles because it has glacier remains on it
Near one of the poles because of the arrow on it
Near the equator due to India having a hot climate
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Q5
Observe the northern tip of Africa. 200 million years ago which would be true about the northern tip of Africa?
The Earth was much warmer in the past
It was found near one of the two poles, but we can't tell which
It was found near the equator
It was found near the south poles
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Q6
Which is true about North America (New York and Canadian regions)?
It was always where it is now
It was found near the equator
It was found near one of the poles
The Earth was much warmer in the past
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Q7
Europe was found near the equator in the distant past. How do we know?
Because magnetic north is pointing north
Because Mountain Chain A is found on Europe
Because the environment there today is cold
Because there are tropical swamp remains on them
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Q8
We know that North America, Greenland, AND Europe were once connected together due to what pieces of evidence
All choices
They have tropical swamp remains on them
The shorelines fit together
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Q9
We know that North America, Greenland, AND Europe were once connected together due to what pieces of evidence
They have arrows representing the magnetism in the rocks on them.
All choices
They have the same fossil(s) on them
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Q10
We know that North America & Africa were once connected together. What piece of evidence tells us that?
The shorelines fit together
They have arrows representing the magnetism in the rocks on them.
They have ice cap remains on them
All choices
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Q11
We know that North America & Africa were once connected together. What piece of evidence tells us that?
They have tropical swamp remains on them
They have the same mountain chain on them
They have the same fossil(s) on them
All choices
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Q12
South America, Africa, Antartica, India, and Australia were all once connected together millions of years ago. How do we know that?
They have tropical swamp remains on them
They have the same fossil(s) on them
They have arrows representing the magnetism in the rocks on them.
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Q13
South America, Africa, Antartica, India, and Australia were all once connected together millions of years ago. How do we know that?
They have arrows representing the magnetism in the rocks on them.
They have tropical swamp remains on them
They have the same mountain chain on them (2 continents or more)
They have ice cap remains on them
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Q14
Mountain chains can be used to link Africa and South America into one connected landmass. Why is that?
They all have mountain chains on them. All mountain chains were once connected (Mountain Chain B and E)
Mountain chains cannot be used to link one continent with another continent into one large landmass
They have the same mountain chain on them that is of the same age and shape/structure (Mountain chain B)
The mountain chains have fossils in them. These fossils are the same fossils found on both continents so it tells us that they were once connected.
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Q15
What fossil is evidence that Europe and North America were once together.
Stegasaurus
Megantereon
Lystrosaurus
Mesosaurus
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