Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading

Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading

7th Grade

22 Qs

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Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading

Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th Grade

Easy

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS2-2

Standards-aligned

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22 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most recent super-continent where all the continents were touching.

Panthea

Pangaea

Ursa Major

Gondwana

2.

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.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Process by which new ocean crust forms.

Seafloor spreading

Continental drift

Mid-ocean ridge

Rift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The zone where one plate slides under another is called the

Convergent zone
Subduction zone
Transform zone
Mantle zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The OLDEST seafloor is located? 

Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are Mid-Ocean Ridges?

A chain of underwater waterfalls

A chain of underwater trenches

A chain of underwater mountains

A chain of underwater rocks

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sea-floor spreading begins at the

Deep ocean trench

Mid-ocean ridge

Continent's edge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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