Quiz - Continental Drift and Paleomagnetism

Supercontinent, 200 million years ago

• Paleomagnetism

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Wegener

• Panthalassa

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Ancient precursor of the Pacific Ocean - single, large "super-ocean"

• Paleomagnetism

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Wegener

• Panthalassa

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Scientist who proposed the idea of Continental Drift

• Paleomagnetism

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Wegener

• Panthalassa

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Study of magnetism over geologic time

• Paleomagnetism

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Wegener

• Panthalassa

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NGSS.HS-PS2-5

The magnetic north pole has remained very close to the geographic North Pole through all of geologic time

• True

• False

Paleomagnetism confirms that at particular times in the geologic past, Earth has had multiple magnetic north poles at the same time.

• True

• False

Fossils found in sediments can be used to

• Indicate the relative age of the sediments

• Support the idea that land masses were joined

• Suggest ancient climate characteristics

• All of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Paleomagnetism was used to confirm sea floor spreading because it showed

• Patterns or polar reversals in the seafloor that was identical on either side of the mid ocean ridge

• The magnetic north pole was at one time in the Atlantic Ocean

• Cosmic radiation being deflected by the Earth’s magnetic field lead to fracturing the continents

• The oldest rock on the ocean floor is closest to the mid ocean ridge

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which of the following statements is correct:

• Oldest sea floor rock is found near the mid ocean ridge and youngest is found further away

• Paleomagnetism is used to determine the age of rock and sediments

• The Earth’s magnetic field is constant and steady and never fluctuates or moves Crust is

• Crust is destroyed at the subduction zones, and created at the mid ocean ridge

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

In our classroom, if you stood in the middle of the room and faced the projector screen, you would be facing

• North

• South

• East

• West