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Continental Drift Quiz
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This quiz comprehensively covers continental drift theory and plate tectonics, topics that form the foundation of Earth science education at the 9th grade level. Students need to understand the historical development of continental drift theory, starting with Alfred Wegener's hypothesis and the evidence he used including fossil distribution, rock formations, and continental fit. The questions assess students' knowledge of Pangaea as the ancient supercontinent and the various types of evidence supporting continental movement. The quiz then transitions into modern plate tectonic theory, requiring students to understand the three types of plate boundaries (divergent, convergent, and transform), the processes occurring at each boundary type, and the geological features they create such as mountains, volcanoes, trenches, and mid-ocean ridges. Students must grasp the concept of subduction zones, convection currents as the driving mechanism, and the structure of Earth's layers including the lithosphere and asthenosphere. Created by Rebecca Powers, an Other Sciences teacher in the US who teaches grade 9. This quiz serves multiple instructional purposes throughout a unit on Earth's dynamic processes, functioning effectively as a comprehensive review tool before summative assessments or as formative assessment to gauge student understanding of key concepts. Teachers can implement this quiz as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge, assign it as homework to reinforce classroom learning, or use it during class for guided practice and discussion. The variety of question formats allows students to demonstrate their understanding of both factual knowledge and conceptual relationships between geological processes. This assessment aligns with NGSS standards MS-ESS1-4 and HS-ESS1-5, which focus on evidence for plate tectonics and the role of thermal energy in driving plate motion, making it an excellent tool for measuring student progress toward understanding Earth's geological systems and processes.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is this a picture of?
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Scientists today believes that there have been several supercontinents
like Pangaea and more will eventually form.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Then what "mechanism" is behind the theory to work?
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the force that moves the continents?
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