Continental Drift Quiz

How did Pangaea break apart?

• dynamite

• cave men

• Minecraft

• continental drift theory

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is represented by the picture? 

• Sea-floor spreading
• Pangea
• How the continents are arranged today
• Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

There are ______ continents

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 5

Did Wegener live to see his theory of continental drift accepted?

• no

• yes

What did Wegener say happened to the continents over time?

• Nothing

• They moved

• They became islands

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

• Wegenerland

• Gondwanaland

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegener used evidence of glaciers in places now too warm as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5