lesson 3.1

Question 1

the large supercontinent at the end of the Paleozoic Era consisting of all the land on Earth, including all seven continents and other landmasses.

Answer 1

Pangaea

Question 2

The movement of Earth’s continents relative to each other.

Answer 2

Continental Drift

Question 3

When Alfred Wegener was developing the theory of continental drift, the first thing he noticed was that the coastlines of the continents seemed to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle

Answer 3

Fault

Question 4

evidence that an organism once existed in an area; can be a part of the organism’s body or a trace fossil which is a mark or print left by the organism (related word: fossilize)

Answer 4

Fossil

Question 5

an oceanic rift zone that consists of long mountain chains with a central rift valley; divergent boundar

Answer 5

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Question 6

crustal structure form by divergence of two tectonic plates

Answer 6

Ocean Trench

Question 7

one of several huge pieces of Earth’s crust.

Answer 7

Tectonic Plate

Question 8

The pieces of a puzzle fit together to form a picture. Like the pieces of a puzzle, the earth’s surface is made of large sections that fit together called tectonic plates

Answer 8

Plate Tectonics