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Wegener’s Puzzling Evidence

Instructions:

DIRECTIONS:

1. Label the land masses on each sheet. Color the fossil areas to match the legend below.

2. Cut out each of the continents along the edge of the continental shelf (the outermost dark
line). Alfred Wegener's evidence for continental drift is shown on the cut-outs. Wegener used this
evidence to reconstruct the positions of the continents relative to each other in the distant past.

3. Try to logically piece the continents together so that they form a giant supercontinent.

4.When you are satised with the 't' of the continents, discuss the evidence with your partners
and decide if the evidence is compelling or not. Explain your decision and reasoning on the evidence.
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Date:
Continental Drift Theory
I. Essay (1 point) In 1 or 2 sentences, explain in your own
words, what is continental drift theory.
II. Enumeration (4 points)
What are the evidences of the continental drift theory?
III. True or False (3 points) After each sentence, write true if
the statement is correct and false if the statement is wrong.
6. Continents are so large that they must always have been
where they are. __________
7. The similar animal fossils in the different continents can’t
be an evidence for Wegener’s proposed theory. __________
8. Wegener’s idea on continental drift could not be accepted
by scientists because there was no evidence to explain how
continents could move. __________
Name:
Date:
Continental Drift Theory
I. Essay (1 point) In 1 or 2 sentences, explain in your own
words, what is continental drift theory.
II. Enumeration (4 points)
What are the evidences of the continental drift theory?
III. True or False (3 points) After each sentence, write true if
the statement is correct and false if the statement is wrong.
6. Continents are so large that they must always have been
where they are. __________
7. The similar animal fossils in the different continents can’t
be an evidence for Wegener’s proposed theory. __________
8. Wegener’s idea on continental drift could not be accepted
by scientists because there was no evidence to explain how
continents could move. __________
Name:
Date:
Continental Drift Theory
I. Essay (1 point) In 1 or 2 sentences, explain in your own
words, what is continental drift theory.
II. Enumeration (4 points)
What are the evidences of the continental drift theory?
III. True or False (3 points) After each sentence, write true if
the statement is correct and false if the statement is wrong.
6. Continents are so large that they must always have been
where they are. __________
7. The similar animal fossils in the different continents can’t
be an evidence for Wegener’s proposed theory. __________
8. Wegener’s idea on continental drift could not be accepted
by scientists because there was no evidence to explain how
continents could move. __________
Name:
Date:
Continental Drift Theory
I. Essay (1 point) In 1 or 2 sentences, explain in your own
words, what is continental drift theory.
II. Enumeration (4 points)
What are the evidences of the continental drift theory?
III. True or False (3 points) After each sentence, write true if
the statement is correct and false if the statement is wrong.
6. Continents are so large that they must always have been
where they are. __________
7. The similar animal fossils in the different continents can’t
be an evidence for Wegener’s proposed theory. __________
8. Wegener’s idea on continental drift could not be accepted
by scientists because there was no evidence to explain how
continents could move. __________
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Continental Drift
(Enrichment Activity)

Other related studies came out after the continental drift hypothesis has been proven and
accepted by the scientific community. One of the studies led to the identification of the speed of the
continents’ movement. Below shows the rate of movement of some of the continents.

1. Compute, in meters, how far these continents will travel in

(a) 100 years.
(b) 50,000 years
(c) 1 million years.
Tabulate the answers.

2. Which continent moves the fastest? Where will it be in 50,000 years?

3. Which continent moves the slowest? Where will it be in 1 million years?
4. Is there a chance that the continents will collide with each other? Explain your answer.
If yes, give an example.
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