Search Header Logo

Continental Drift

Authored by Robert Anderson

Science

6th - 8th Grade

NGSS covered

Used 2+ times

Continental Drift
AI

AI Actions

Add similar questions

Adjust reading levels

Convert to real-world scenario

Translate activity

More...

    Content View

    Student View

10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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

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.HS-ESS1-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of evidence was used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis? (Select 3)

evidence from landforms / geology

evidence from fossils

evidence from human remains

evidence from climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

5.

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-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What items were found in Antarctica that lead us to believe the climate was once much warmer? (Select 3)

Plant fossils of tropical ferns

Animal fossils of reptiles that live in warm conditions

Coal deposits that formed in tropical swamps

Mammoth fossils preserved in ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Appalachian Mountains in the U.S. match up with a similar mountain ranges in northern Europe. How does this support Wegener's theory of Continental Drift?

The mountains were formed after tectonic plates had moved away from each other

The similarities provide evidence North America & Europe were connected when the mountains formed.

Similar rock samples were found on the ocean floor and at the two mountain ranges indicating that they both formed around the same time.

This evidence does not support the theory of continental drift.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?