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Continental Drift

Authored by Lauren Houston

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Continental Drift
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

Harry Hess
Galileo
Alfred Wegener
Newton

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Pangaea?

It was a supercontinent, made of all of the landmasses on Earth.

It was 2 separate landmasses, one on the Northern Hemisphere and one on the Southern Hemisphere.

It was a supercontinent made of 3 landmasses

It was the name of an ancient organism

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of

subduction
plate tectonics
evolution
seafloor spreading

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

tropical rain forests were found in different locations

divergent boundaries were found in different locations.

sea floor spreading caused new crusts to be formed.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Alfred Wegener thought South America and Africa have similar coastlines because...

the mesosaurus fossils were found on both continents

He noticed that similar rocks were found on both continents

he thought that the continents used be be joined together

Pangaea was 250 million years ago

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What geologic feature was evidence to support the theory that the continents used to be joined?

Same rocks and mountain ranges were found on different continents

Glacial grooves were found on different continents

Fossilized evidence of the same organism found on different continents

Africa and South America look like puzzle pieces that fit together

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