Earth Science Pangaea

     Earth   Science  Pangaea

Here is a video explaining what Pangaea is

1. Pangaea was made up of?

              d. All seven continents.

    2.   How does the author organize the information in this passage?

              c. The author describes Pangaea and then explains the process

                      that made it drift apart.

   3.    Which of the following answers supports the statement,

         “Earth’s continents may be in different positions in the distant

         future?”

                  b. Continental drift continues to move continents a little each

                          year.

    4.    Read this sentence

             “The name Pangaea is derived from the Ancient Greek words

           ‘pan’ meaning ‘entier,’ and ‘Gaia’ meaning ‘Earth.’”

               As used in the sentence, the word derived means:

                                  b. formed from.

    5.   What is this passage mostly about?

                c. Pangaea and how continental drift

                       has changed the earth over time.

   6.  What are some of the effects of continental plate movement?

             . volcanoes erupting

             .  Earthquakes

             .  Continents breaking apart, and spreading across the

                Earth.

             

  

  7.   Describe evidence from the passage that can help explain why    the Earth’s continents could look different in millions of years.

                  . from like what happened back then there were continental

                       drifts which made the countries separate and become more little

                       countries and then is happening all of the time.  So in the next

                       million years there would have been a lot of continental drifts.

                     . Also from all of the volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

    8.  The answers below includes and incomplete sentence. Choose

         answer that best completes the sentence.

         Continental plates move under the surface of the continents.      

        as a result  continental drifts occurs.

                                        a. As a result.

     9.  Read the following sentence.

             Scientists believe a new  “ super- continent,”  like Pangaea,

             may form again in millions of years due to continental drift.

        Answer the following questions based on the information

        provided in the sentence you just read. One of the questions

       has already be answered for you.

                     1. Who is the main subject of the sentence?  scientists

                         2. What do scientists do?  All scientist have studied a certain topic

                             which they still study and try to find things out about that,

                            subject.

                         3. Why?  Because they might be interested in the topic they are

                             looking at and want to find more out about it.

    

   

      10. VOCABULARY  WORD:  speculate ( verb): to make a guess

          about something without basing it on  a lot of evidence.

              Use vocabulary word in a sentence.

                                    All of the scientist speculate that in millions of years the world will be joined together again.