ADM 1

Date: November16, 2023

Name: ______________________________________________ Grade 8 Section _______________

The Earth’s Jigsaw

Directions.
1. Color and cut the seven landmasses which represent the earths’
continents.
2. Using the physical shape of the continents, the age of rock
layers, fossilized desert belts, and the distribution of fossils, fit
the landmasses together.
3. Paste the puzzle pieces on another sheet of paper – The
Earth’s Jigsaw. (A sheet of paper with cardinal directions is
attached)
4. Solve the puzzle to discover what the Earth looked like 220
million years ago.
5. Answer the guide questions below on a separate sheet of paper.

Guide Questions:
1. Describe the puzzle made. How does the earth look like 220
million years ago?

2. What animals are present or found in two different landmasses?

3. What do you think has happened beneath the earth’s surface

that made each landmass move away from one another?
(refer from scientists’ theories in stating your answers)

4. From the current location of each landmass, what can you

predict to happen after 220 million years? Explain