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Continental drift ENL

Authored by Debora Erickson

Science

9th Grade

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Continental drift ENL
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1.

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is this a picture of?

plate tectonics

continental drift

pangaea

glacier scaring

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Scientists think that the continents once formed a giant landmass that broke apart, and then slowly drifted apart. What is the name given to this hypothesis?

sea-floor Spreading

plate tectonics

continental drift

Pangaea

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most geologist think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

the rotation of the Earth.

the Earth's magnetic field.

subduction.

convection currents.

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