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Continental Drift Theory

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Total cards: 9•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Continents had once been part of a single supercontinent called “______” that split into two large landmasses one in Southern (_____) and other in Northern Hemisphere (_____).

Back (Answer)

pangaea, gondwana, laurasia

#2
Front (Question)

pangaea theory was made by?

Back (Answer)

alfred wegener

#3
Front (Question)

geologic evidence: The continents, especially South America and Africa, seemed to fit together like a _____.

Back (Answer)

puzzle

#4
Front (Question)

Wegener analyzed the orientation of the striations or the scratches imprinted as _____ moved along the surface of rocks.

Back (Answer)

glacier

#5
Front (Question)

Scratches glaciers leave on rocks as they travel.

Back (Answer)

glacial striations

#6
Front (Question)

Wegener noticed that there were ____ found on different continents.

Back (Answer)

fossils

#7
Front (Question)

seed much to large to be windblown

Back (Answer)

Glossopteris

#8
Front (Question)

lived in fresh water and could not have lived in salt water

Back (Answer)

mesosaurus

#9
Front (Question)

______ have been found in the Arctic but it’s not warm there!

Back (Answer)

climate evidence