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Continental Drift and Pangaea
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Continental Drift and Pangaea

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Approximately how long ago did the supercontinent Pangaea exist?

  • 300 million years ago
  • 200 million years ago (correct)
  • 400 million years ago
  • 100 million years ago
  • What were the names of the two pieces that the supercontinent Pangaea split into?

  • Eurasia and Pangea
  • Eurasia and Gondwana
  • Laurasia and Gondwana (correct)
  • Laurasia and Pangea
  • What is continental drift?

  • The movement of the Earth's oceans
  • The movement of the Earth's continents by drifting across the ocean floor (correct)
  • The movement of tectonic plates
  • The movement of the Earth's atmosphere
  • Who proposed the theory of continental drift?

    <p>Alfred Wengener in 1912</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What evidence was offered to prove continental drift had occurred?

    <p>The similarity of fossils and rock types</p> Signup and view all the answers

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