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Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics #2

Authored by Charles Ridenour

Science

8th Grade

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Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics #2
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the main idea Wegner proposed with Continental Drift?

The fossils found on Earth are evidence of change over time.

Seafloor has spread the continents into separate landmasses.

Continents float on a liquid layer that allows them to move.

Continents were once a single landmass that drifted apart

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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This photo is a glacial groove from Ohio. Which of Wegener's evidence does it belong to?

Similar mountains and rock layers

Ancient climatic evidence

Similar fern fossils

Similar reptile fossils

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What observation did Wegener make that led him to develop the theory of continental drift?

The seafloor has “magnetic stripes”.

Continents appear to have once fit together.

The ocean floor has long ridges of volcanic mountains.

Earth’s magnetic poles have reversed polarity

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which statement does NOT summarize one of the lines of evidence used by Alfred Wegener?

Glacial deposits indicate a different climatic condition.

Similar geologic formations occur on both sides of Atlantic

Similar fossils are found on widely separated continents.

Bands of rock are older the farther away from ocean ridges

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

How did the discovery of ridges convince the scientific community to accept Wegener’s ideas?

The ridges proved his theory was a law.

The ridges helped to explain plate movement.

The ridges contained the oldest rocks on Earth.

The ridges showed that earthquakes occur randomly.

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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What does the “magnetic striping” of the sea floor indicate about Earth?

The magnetic pole has switched from north to south poles.

The age of the rocks on the sea floor varies.

The rocks cooling from the magma have changed composition.

The seafloor has an uneven surface.

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which additional piece of evidence does Plate Tectonics have that Continental Drift did not?

An explanation of what drives the motion

Fossil Evidence

Erosional features

Rock correlations

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