Drifting Continents

Drifting Continents

6th - 8th Grade

15 Qs

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Drifting Continents

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the scientist that first hypothesized that the continents all fit together and were once a single land mass.  
Albert Einstein 
Alfred Wegener
Dmitri Mendeleev
Bill Nye

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The idea that all the continents slowly move over Earth's Surface became known as the ____________________________
floating continents 
Plate Tectonics
convection currents
Continental Drift

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why did most scientist reject Wegener's hypothesis of the continental drift?
He had no physical evidence to back up his claim.
He had no explanation of how the continents moved
He was not a real scientist.
The did not reject his hypothesis.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

As a continent moves toward the equator, its climate gets _________.  
warmer
dryer
colder
darker

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The name of the "super-continent" where all of the present continents were joined as one large continent. 
Pangea
South America
Atlantis
Hawaii

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Theories differ greatly regarding Pangea.  According to your book, how long ago did Pangea exist?
245 million years ago
180 million years ago
65 million years ago
10 million years ago

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is one piece of evidence that caused Wegener to think that continents moved?
He found an old map of the world that showed movement.
He found similar fossils on different continents that are separated by oceans.
He proved his hypothesis with an experiment that measured movement.
He observed the continents moving with his own eyes.

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