Moving Continents
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The presence of the same __________ on several continents supports the hypothesis of continental drift.
fossils
rocks
both fossils and rocks
neither fossils nor rocks
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Some early mapmakers thought that the coastline of South America matched the coastline of Asia.
True
False
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Scientists at the time rejected Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift because he could not explain how or why Earth's continents move.
True
False
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A lack of explanation for continental drift prevented many scientists from accepting that a single supercontinent called ________ once existed.
Glomar
Glossopteris
Pangaea
Wegener
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Matching ____________ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.
river systems
rock structures
weather patterns
wind systems
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
___________ is a fossil fern that helped support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift.
Gondwanaland
Kannemeyerid
Mesosaurus
Glossopteris
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Wegener believed that the continents were assembles as part of a supercontinent about ________ years ago.
250 million
350 million
450 million
550 million
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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