Pangaea Project Questions
Read pages 326-330 in the 8th grade ‘Science Explorer’ textbook.
Answer the following questions:
1. What does the phrase “puzzle pieces” refer to?
2. Who is Alfred Wegener?
3. What are the evidences that supported Alfred Wegener’s theory?
4. What is significant about 1915?
5. What is the name of the Universal Ocean?
6. What is the difference between Pangaea and Continental Drift?
7. Why to the landmasses not fit perfectly together?
8. What was the problem with Wegener’s theory?
9. Why was Wegener’s theory not accepted?