Pangaea and Plate Tectonics

Scientists believe that over _____ million years ago all of Earth's continents were connected as one big continent.

• 10

• 30

• 100

• 300

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_________ was a supercontinent assembled from earlier continental units approximately 300 million years ago.

• North America

• Asthenosphere

• Pangaea

• Wegener

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The idea that our continents have slowly been drifting around is Earth is called ______________.

• continental divide theory

• continental drift theory

• continental crust theory

• continental shelf

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mapping of the ocean floor led to the discovery of ____________.

• the Titanic

• tectonic plates

• the lost city of Atlantis

• fault lines

Tectonic plates are massive slabs of solid rock that make up Earth's __________ layer.

• inner

• middle

• outer

Geologists found similar looking strata, or rock layers, in some parts of coastal Scotland and coastal Maine suggesting __________.

• that tourists from Scotland once visited Maine

• that North America and Europe were once joined

• that fossils were found in both places

• that animal footprints were found in both places

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Which scientist was the first to write about the Continental Drift Theory?

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Louis Pasteur

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Broken pieces of the ____________ are now known as tectonic plates.

• crust

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• core

Hollister, California lies on which tectonic plate(s)?

• South American

• Pacific

• North American

• Eurasian

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How many major tectonic plates are there in the world?

• 5

• 7

• 15

• 36

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