Continental Drift - Quiz 1

The hypothesis of Continental Drift was proposed by (a)  

• Alfred Wagen
• Harry Hens
• Harry Hess
• Alfred Wegner

Order the pictures of Pangaea from oldest to present day.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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Which LANDMASS do you think WAS located over the south pole in the time of PANGAEA due to the evidence of glacier grooves found there?

• Australia

• Antarctica

• Africa

• North America

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the following

• Fossil clues

• Glacier grooves match up on neighboring continents

• Continental shape clues

• Plant and animal evidence found on continents seperated by oceans

• Rock clues

• Hardened magma of the same chemistry and age

• Climate Clues

• Continents seem to fit together like puzzle pieces

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Why was Wagener's hypothesis rejected by the scientific community?

• He needed 5 pieces of evidence

• He was a geologist

• He couldn't understand how fossils could be on seperated continents

• He couldn't explain what force was moving the landmasses

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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The navy officer who discovered that the middle of the Atlantic ocean had a mountain range

• Harry Hens

• Henry Hess

• Henry Hens

• Harry Hess

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which device was used to map the seafloor?

• echo sounder

  Sonar

• digital camera

• magnetic device

• string with weights

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What do the different colored stripes represent in the picture?

• the ocean crust reversal from west to east

• formation of new sea plants that grew on the ocean floor

• the reversal of the continental plates

• the reversal of the magnetic poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is it called where the older oceanic crust descends UNDER the continental crust?

• basal drag

• subduction

• convection current

• ridge push

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which answer choice is NOT evidence of Seafloor Spreading?

• Temperature of rock increases closer to the ridge.

• The age of the rock gets older farther from the ridge

• Magnetic striping on the seafloor indicates polar reversals

• The fossils of same species are found on separated continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3