
Continental Drift
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Science
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6th - 8th Grade
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Hard
Lauren Houston
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
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?
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
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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