Continental Drift Puzzle
Directions:
1. Lightly shade each present day continent a different color.
2. Boldly color each piece of evidence used by Wegener and other Earh Scientistis. Each symbol should be a different color but one symbol on different continents should be the same color.
3. Cut out each land mass.
4. Fit them together according to matched symbols and the best alignment.
5. Glue the pieces to the colored paper.
6. Answer the concluding questions.
Concluding Questions:
1. Which two continents fit together the best?
2. For the best arrangement, which continent forms the core or central part of Pangaea?
3. Which land mass, now a part of Eurasia was once a separate body and moved northward into its present position? What evidence supports your choice?
4. Suggest two reasons why the continents don't make a perfect fit if they were once one body.
5. Scientists theorize that the continents are still drifting apart. What will be the eventual position of North America with respect to Eurasia?
6. How did the Atlantic Ocean form?