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Fit And Match

Learning Competency: Enumerate the lines of
evidence that support plate movement: (S10ES –
Ia-j36.6)
Behavioral Learning Objectives: Reconstruct
Pangaea using clues as evidence

What I Need to Do

As a scientist, you need to present evidence that will support your claims and
discoveries. When Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), who was a German polar
researcher, geophysicist, and meteorologist, hypothesized that the continents are
slowly drifting around the earth and is a once large landmass called Pangaea, he
also needed to show evidence to support his claims.
Alfred Wegener collected several and diverse piece of evidence to support his
theory, including geological fit and fossil evidence.

Gearing Up

DIRECTION: Unscramble the word inside the box to show the correct word for the
definition given. Write your correct answer on the boxes below the scrambled
letters. Use the definition on the right-side column as your clue.

O G G O L I E L C A I F T 1. It is the matching of large-scale

geological features on different
continents.
 C G I L E A R 2. Massive sheet of ice that forms
on land that slowly moves due
to its weight and the pull of
gravity

S L S F S I O 3. It is preserved remains, or
traces of remains, of ancient
organisms.

A C L O O D I S E T S P 4. It is a sedimentary rock that

was formed when dead plant
matter decays into peat and is
converted into coal by the heat
and pressure of deep burial
over millions of years

Getting Better

Fossils are preserved remains or traces of organisms (plants and animals) from the
remote past. Fossilized leaves of an extinct plant Glossopteris were found in 250
million years old rocks. These fossils were in the continents of Southern Africa,
Australia, India, and Antarctica, which are now separated from each other by wide
oceans. The large seeds of this plant could not possibly travel a long journey by the
wind or survive a rough ride through ocean waves.
DIRECTION: Using the figure below, determine the distribution of the fossil
remains of the prehistoric plant and animals. Write your answer on the table by
identifying what continents the fossil remains are distributed.

Europe
North America
Cynognathus
Asia
Mesosaurus

Glossopteris Africa
South America Australia
Lystrosaurus

Antarctica
 Fossils Continent
Cynognathus
Mesosaurus
Glossopteris
Lystrosaurus

Gaining Mastery

By examining evidence such as the distribution of fossils and the physical shapes
of continents, scientists have concluded that the Earth’s continents were once all
connected to form a “supercontinent” called Pangaea that was surrounded by an
enormous ocean.
After knowing the evidence that supports continental drift theory, your task is to
recreate the supercontinent Pangaea using evidence as clues.
DIRECTION:
1. Use the legend to identify the symbols on each continent.
2. Look at the shapes of continents that seems to fit together.
3. Examine the evidence and try to match up landmass boundaries that show
similar fossils, coal deposits, and glacial strata.
4. Use the tectonic puzzle at the back (Appendix A) as cut outs.
5. Paste your cut outs on the world map below. WARNING! Be careful in using
scissors
Plate Tectonic Puzzle:
Adapted from https://studylib.net/doc/7058676/continental-drift-lab---cms15-16

LEGEND:
❶ Europe & Asia ❸ South America ❺ India ❼ Australia Coal Deposit

❷ North America ❹Africa ❻ Antarctica Fossils Glacier

Paste your cut outs here

 Rubrics for Scoring

The scoring rubric below will be used in assessing your output.

4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Accuracy All the One (1) of the Two (2) of the Three (3) or
continents are continents is continents are more of the
place correctly misplaced in misplaced in continents are
to form the the Pangaea the Pangaea misplaced in
Pangaea the Pangaea
Neatness and The output The output is The output is The output is
Effort Exerted is neatly done somewhat somewhat
organized. well with some organized organized.
Much time and organization and it looks It looks like
effort were put It appears the like the the student
Into creating student student ran threw it
this output. worked hard out of time together
on it. or didn’t take at the last
care of the minute
project. without much
care.

What I Need to Remember

 The Continental Drift Theory of Alfred Wegener states that the continents
were once part of a large landmass called Pangaea which drifted away from
each other. The continents moved away from each other towards their
current positions.
 Alfred Wegener based his theory on evidence from fossils imbedded in rocks
and rock formations.
 Answer Key

Gearing Up:
1. GEOLOGICAL FIT
2. GLACIER
3. FOSSILS
4. COAL DEPOSITS

Getting Better:

Fossils Continent
Cynognathus South America, Africa
Mesosaurus South America, Africa
Glossopteris South America, Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Australia
Lystrosaurus Antarctica, Africa, Asia

Gaining Mastery:
Appendix A