Chapter 3 Section 3

Question 1

This hypothesis proposes that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart.

Answer 1

Continental drift

Question 2

The supercontinent that Wegener’s suggested existed prior to the continents moving.

Answer 2

Pangaea

Question 3

What evidence did Wegener gather to support his idea of a continental drift?

Answer 3

He studied land features, fossils, and evidence of climate change.

Question 4

What book did Wegener publish in 1915 with his evidence for continental drift?

Answer 4

The Origin of Continents and Oceans

Question 5

An trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.

Answer 5

fossil

Question 6

A fern-like plant that lived 250 million years ago.

Answer 6

Glossopteris

Question 7

Why was Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift rejected?

Answer 7

Wegener could not profice a satisfactory explanation for the force that pushes or pulls the continents.