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Pangaea and Continental Drift

Authored by Shannon Sigmon

Social Studies

9th Grade

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Pangaea and Continental Drift
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who first proposed the idea of Continental Drift?

Harry Hess

Alfred Wegener

Albert Einstein

Galileo Galilee

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Wegener name the large supercontinent where all the continents were joined together?

Wegenerland

Gondwanaland

Laurasia

Pangaea

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most geologists rejected Wegener's idea of Continental Drift because _________.

He used too many pieces of evidence to support the idea.

He wanted to know what Earth looked like millions of years ago, which is impossible.

He couldn't identify what would cause continents to move around.

They were afraid of the new idea.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Wegener used the fit of the continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

true

false

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Wegener used matching mountain ranges across different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

true

false

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Wegener used matching matching fossils of the same organisms on different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

true

false

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is this a picture of?

plate tectonics
continental drift
pangea
glacier scaring

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