Question

5. What do ancient glacier scars found in rock
surfaces in Africa tells about its climate in the past?
A. Africa were once covered with ice sheets but
did not move ever since.
B. Africa has always been near the equator.
C. Africa was once in an area of the Earth that
had a very cold climate
D. Continents have not move ever since.​

Answer 1

Africa was once in an area of the Earth that

had a very cold climate

Answer 2

Option C is correct.

Ancient glacier scars found in rock surfaces in Africa tells about its climate in the past. Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate.

African Paleoclimate

• The ancient glacier marks found in rock sides in Africa tells us that the continent was on one occasion was there in an zone of the Earth that once had a very cold climate, hence, the correct answer is letter C.

• About 200 million years ago, when Pangaea started to break up, Africa was still linked with India, Antarctica , South America, and Australia, forming the continent Gondwanaland.
• The southern continents are positioned in a colder area, and that is why glaciers were formed in some of the southern parts of Africa, South America, India, and Australia.

The scars that are left behind by the stirring glacier (that can still be visible in the southern continents) is proof that the continents , namely , India, Australia,  Africa, South America, and Antarctica were once connected.

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