Continental Drift

Question 1

What is the name of the single land mass

Answer 1

Pangaea -( all lands )

Question 2

What was Alfred wegner’s hypothesis

Answer 2

All continents has been joined together in a single land mass and have drifted apart

Question 3

What did Pangaea break up to be

Answer 3

Laurasia and bondwana land
Laurisia - Europe and Asia
Bondwana - Africa

Question 4

What is the most evidence of continental drift

Answer 4

Apparent fit of the continent
Wegner priced together maps that showed mountain ranges that matched up in SA and South America
Eg elbow of South America fits into the armpit of Africa

Question 5

Other evidence of continental drift

Answer 5

European coal mines matched up with coal mines in North America
And
Coal which is formed from fossilized plant remains is found on a cool climate like south whales

Question 6

Explain the climatic evidence of continental drift

Answer 6

Spitsbergen an Arctic island which is ice covered Was found with fossils of tropic plants
When these plants lived long ago the island must have had warm climate
It was also found that the same time it was warmer in Spitsberg it was colder in SA

Question 7

What are glaciers

Answer 7

Thick layers of ice

Question 8

Explain how palaces magnetic dating is evidence if continental drift

Answer 8

It was found that certain rocks in different continents had the same magnetic pattern and same age , proving that they were formed in the same place

Question 9

What is palaes magnetic dating

Answer 9

Process of determine the ages of rocks by studying their carbon content and magnetic characteristics

Question 10

What is the Summary of continental drift evidence

Answer 10

Apparent fit of continents 
Fossils 
Rock 
Palaes magnetic dating 
Climate