Continental Drift Theory

Q. Who proposed the Continental Drift theory?

1. Galileo Galilei
2. Alfred Wegener
3. Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Georges Lemaitre

Q. Laurasia and Gondwanaland were separated by the ______.

1. Red Sea
2. Arabian Sea
3. Tethys sea
4. Pacific Ocean

Q. According to Wegner's theory, Angaraland and Gondwanaland were broken up from a supercontinent called .

1. Brazil
2. Ghana
3. Laurasia
4. Pangaea

Q. S-waves or the secondary waves can travel through which of the following mediums?

1. Solid
2. Liquid
3. Gas
4. Plasma

Q. Which of the following regions was/were the part of Laurasia?

1. Arabia
2. Greenland
3. North America
4. Brazil

Q. Which among the Earth's tectonic plates collided with the Eurasian Plate that led to the formation of Himalayas?

1. Pacific Plate
2. Indo-Australian Plate
3. Amurian Plate
4. Indo-African Plate

Q. Explaining continental drift theory, mention the evidence for it.

Q.

Which of the following continent was not part of the Gondwanaland?

1. Africa

2. Europe

3. South America

4. Asia

Q. Laurasia contained which of the following present day regions, according to Wegener?

1. Greenland
2. North America
3. South America
4. Malaysia

Q. Consider the following statements.

1. Gondwanaland was the southern part of a super continent called Pangea.
2. Gondwanaland only included India and the African continent.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

1. Only statement 1
2. Both statement 1 and statement 2
3. Neither statement 1 nor statement 2
4. Only statement 2

Q. Which of the following is the supercontinent named by Alfred Wegener?

1. Eurasia
2. Wegenerland
3. Africa
4. Pangaea

Q. Gondwanaland contained which of the following present-day regions?

1. Greenland
2. South America
3. Africa
4. Arabia

Q. What is explained by the continental drift theory?

1. The change of seasons
2. The movement of Earth
3. The Sun's movement around the Earth
4. The arrangement of continents and ocean basins on the Earth

Q. Which continent of today is not a part of Gondwana land:

1. South America
2. Australia
3. Africa
4. North America

Q. Wegener postulated that a massive supercontinent called _________, existed 220 million years ago.

1. Gondwana
2. Laurasia
3. Pannotia
4. Pangaea

Q. Which of the following countries were the parts of Gondwanaland?

1. South America
2. North America
3. Antarctica
4. Greenland

Q. Which of the following is/are the evidences for Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift?

1. Edges of the Western coast of Africa, and the Eastern coast of South America fits together.
2. Rock samples similar in age in different continents.
3. Fossil samples of identical species in different continents.
4. Similar groundwater salinity in different continents.

Q. Which of the following is/are evidences for Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift?

1. Edges of the Western coast of Africa, and the Eastern coast of South America fits together.
2. Rock samples similar in age in different continents.
3. Fossil samples of identical species in different continents.
4. Similar groundwater salinity in different continents.

Q. Wegener postulated that a massive supercontinent called _________, existed 220 million years ago.

1. Gondwana
2. Pangaea
3. Laurasia
4. Pannotia

Q. According to Wegener, Pangaea broke up into two large landmasses called ______ and _______.

1. Laurasia
2. Gondwanaland
3. Panthalassa
4. Tethys

Q. What are the evidences of Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift?

1. Edges of South America and Africa fit together like pieces of a Jigsaw puzzle.
2. Fossil samples of identical species.
3. Gold deposits in Africa and South America.
4. African migrants in South America.

Q. At the point of Himalayas Indo-Australian plate and Eurasian plate __________ together.

1. Slide
2. Collide
3. Both (A) and (B)
4. None of these

Q. Name the areas that were once parts of the Gondwana land.

Q. What was pangaea ? When did it exist ?

Q. The southern part of the ancient landmass 'Pangea' was known as _____________.

1. Laurasia
2. Angara Land
3. Gondwana Land
4. Tethys

Q. What are the three types of plate boundaries? Write their characteristic features.

Q. Which of the following regions was/were the part of Laurasia?

1. Arabia
2. Greenland
3. North America
4. Brazil

Q. How is the Indian sub-continent separated from the rest of Asia?

Q. Gondwanaland contained which of the following present day regions, according to Wegener?

1. Greenland
2. South America
3. Africa
4. Arabia

Q. Who proposed the Continental Drift theory?

1. Alfred Wegener
2. Galileo Galilei
3. Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Georges Lemaitre