Continental Drift

Continental Drift

8th Grade

12 Qs

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Continental Drift

Continental Drift

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS2-2

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Jake Tabbert

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
Harry Hess
Galileo
Alfred Wegener
Newton

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
What is this a picture of?
plate tectonics
continental drift
pangea
glacier scaring

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?
Africa has always been near the equator
Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
The continents have not moved
sea floor spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does the theory of continental drift state?
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
Continents are stationary and do not move
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
none of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?
Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
glacier scars and evidence from temperature
mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents
all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?
He could not explain HOW the continents moved
He didn't have evidence
His data was wrong
He didn't use the right technology to gather data

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The following are animal fossil evidences of the Continental Drift theory except?
Glossopteris
Cynognathus
Lystrosaurus
Mesosaurus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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