24. Formative Assessment
1. The process occurring in the mantle
that is thought to be the force behind
plate tectonics is an example of a(n)
a. Plate Boundary
b. Divergent Boundary
c. Normal Fault
d. Convection Current
25. 2. In the diagram below, which piece of
Alfred Wegener’s evidence for continental
drift is shown?
a. Fossils matching
b. Rock layers matching
c. Continents Fit like a puzzle
d. Glaciers in warm areas
26. 3. Most scientists rejected Wegener’s idea of
continental drift because:
a. multiple types of evidence were used as
support
b. the climate of Pangaea was described
c. the force that pushes or pulls continents
could not be explained
d. the ring of fire was evidence
27. 3. Alfred Wegener called the
supercontinent
a.Eurasia
b.Pangaea
c. All land
d.Wegenerland
28. 4. Rock layers of South Africa’s Karoo
system and Brazil’s Santa Catarina
system are match.What evidence of
Continental Drift Theory is this?
A. Continents fit together
B. Evidence of glaciation
C. Evidence from fossil
D. Similarities in landforms and rock
layers
29. 5. Why is Earth not growing in spite of sea floor
spreading?
A. because of subduction in the Atlantic Ocean.
B. because of subduction in the Indian Ocean.
C. because of subduction the Pacific Ocean
D. because of subduction in the Gulf of Mexico.
30. 6. The diagram represents the
locations in South America where
the fossil remains of the late
Paleozoic reptile called
Mesosaurus could be found.
On which other landmass could
Mesosaurus most likely be
found?
A. Asia C. North
America
B. Europe D. Africa
33. Formative Assessment
1. The process occurring in the mantle
that is thought to be the force behind
plate tectonics is an example of a(n)
a. Plate Boundary
b. Divergent Boundary
c. Normal Fault
d. Convection Current
34. 2. In the diagram below, which piece of
Alfred Wegener’s evidence for
continental drift is shown?
A. Fossils matching
B. Rock layers matching
C. Continents Fit like a puzzle
D. Glaciers in warm areas
35. 3. Most scientists rejected Wegener’s idea of
continental drift because:
A. multiple types of evidence were used as
support
B. the climate of Pangaea was described
C. the force that pushes or pulls continents could
not be explained.
D. the ring of fire was evidence.
36. 3. Alfred Wegener called the
supercontinent
a.Eurasia
b.Pangaea
c. All land
d.Wegenerland
37. 4. Rock layers of South Africa’s Karoo
system and Brazil’s Santa Catarina system
are match.What evidence of Continental
Drift Theory is this?
A. Continents fit together
B. Evidence of glaciation
C. Evidence from fossil
D. Similarities in landforms and rock
layers
38. 5. Why is Earth not growing in spite of sea floor
spreading?
A. because of subduction in the Atlantic Ocean.
B. because of subduction in the Indian Ocean.
C. because of subduction the Pacific Ocean
D. because of subduction in the Gulf of Mexico.
39. 6. The diagram represents the
locations in South America where
the fossil remains of the late
Paleozoic reptile called
Mesosaurus could be found.
On which other landmass could
Mesosaurus most likely be
found?
A. Asia C. North
America
B. Europe D. Africa
40. 7. Fit of the continents
8. Fossil evidence
9. Similarities in landforms and
rock layers
10.Evidence from glaciation
