Contiental Drift
Definitions
Continents and Plates
100
This is the name of the proposed "supercontinent" where all the earth's continents were once joined together.
What is Pangaea?
100

When the ground shakes, moves, and rolls

What is an earthquake?

100

These are the two lizard-like animal fossils that were found on multiple continents

What are Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus?

200
This is the meteorologist who first proposed the Theory of Continental Drift
Who is Alfred Wegener?
200

A mountain-like structure found in places with high elevation that erupts lava from deep inside the ground

What is a volcano

200

This type of tree sheds its leaves during colder seasons

What is deciduous?

300

This is how many years ago earth's "supercontinent" began to split apart.

What is 250 million years ago?

300

Something that can be observed in the world that can be explained by science

What is a phenomenon? 

300

This is a very thick and extremely heavy block of ice

What is a glacier? 

400
These are the two types of evidence that were initially used to support the Theory of Continental Drift.
What are similar shapes of coastlines and fossil evidence?
400

The study of earthquakes

What is seismology?

400

This can be found within tectonic plates

What are land and water?

500

This is the 16th century mapmaker who thought that the continents moved over time

Who is Abraham Ortelius?

500

The scientist who watches for changes in weather conditions

What is a Meteorlogist?

500

The area where you most earthquakes occur

What are plate boundaries?

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