GRADE 9 SCIENCE I GRADE 9 SCIENCE 1 1 OF 24
A scientist proposed the theory of continental drift, which claims that Earth's continents were once joined
together as one large continent and drifted apart, creating the separate continents we know today,
Examine the map shown in Figure 1.
AFRICA
Fossils of
the land
reptile
Lystrosaurus
INDIA
AUSTRALIA
SOUTH
AMERICA
ANTARCTICA
Fossils of the
Fossils of the
land mammal
Fossils of the
land plant
Cachiyacuy
freshwater reptile
Glossopteris
Mesosaurus
Source: The Geological Society of London
Figure 1. Index Fossils of the Southern Hemisphere
Identify whether the man does or does not support the scientistisclaim and choose two pieces of
