Evidence of Continental Drift

The German scientist who first proposed the Theory of Continental Drift 100 years ago?

• Harry Hess
• Penny Pangea
• Alfred Wegener
• Gary Gondwana

All of the continents were once part of one large continent called...

• Panacea
• Pangea
• North America
• Gondwana

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The east coast of South America seems to fit into the wet coast of Africa, this evidence for Continental Drift is called...

• fit/shape of continents
• fossil evidence
• geologic evidence
• climate evidence

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Fossil records support continental drift.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Evidence of continental drift includes:

• plants and animals match

• the shape of the continents

• the oceans are close together

• rocks match

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When plates collide we get ________.

• crumbles

• volcanos

• trenches

• mountain ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When plates sink together we get _________.

• trenches

• ranges

• mountains

• volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Ridges are the sites where plates move

• together

• apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?

• Africa has always been near the equator
• Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
• The continents have not moved
• sea floor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1