Which two pieces of fossil evidence support the idea of continental drift?
A plate moves south at a rate of 2 cm/year. How many meters south from its original location will the plate be in 4,000 years?
Which land feature supports the theory of continental drift?
A plate moves 200 m in 10,000 years. What is its rate in cm/year?
Which piece of evidence suggests that Africa and South America formed Gondwanaland 200 million years ago?
Lystrosaurus provided which type of evidence supporting continental drift?
What name did Wegener give to the single large landmass composed of all continents?
Which three continents contain coal fields that provide evidence for continental drift?
What first caused people to consider that the continents were once one large landmass?
Tropical plant fossils have been found in cold Arctic islands where they cannot survive in the present-day climate of this area. According to Wegener's theory, how were these ancient tropical plants able to survive in Arctic islands?
The hydrosphere refers to the total amount of water on Earth, including liquid, gas, and solid forms. Which is one way the hydrosphere has been impacted by the movement of the continents over time?
Which two continents contain fossils of Mesosaurus, an extinct reptile, in similar regions of Pangaea?
On which continent were fossils of both Glossopteris and Lystrosaurus discovered?
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?
Which coastlines most closely match each other and are, therefore, used as evidence to support Wegener’s theory?
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