Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

6th - 8th Grade

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46 Qs

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Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

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Science

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6th - 8th Grade

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Medium

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NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS3-2

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46 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Harry Hess
Galileo
Alfred Wegener
Newton

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

Africa and North America
South America and Europe
South America and Africa
 Antartica and Africa

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is this a picture of?

plate tectonics

continental drift

pangaea

glacier scaring

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
all of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The theory of continental drift named a key part of this idea Pangaea. What is Pangaea?

One of the ancient animals that helped Wegener prove that fossils from different continents originally came from the same location
 supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past
The underwater ocean range in the middle of the ocean
The hot spot which gave rise to the Hawaiian Islands, among others

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why was Wegener's theory not accepted?

He had no proof of how they were moving
He had no evidence
He was married
He was not a Scientist

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other

True
False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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