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The continents were last all together around

• 250,000 years ago

• 2.5 million years ago

• 250 million years ago

• 2.5 billion years ago

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earthquakes are most common around plate boundaries.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Wegner used the following as pieces of evidence...

• fit/shape of continents

• geologic and fossil

• climate

• all of the above

Because Glossopteris seeds cannot travel across the ocean and grow in warm, swampy climates, these fossils are evidence of ...

• Pangea existing

• Continental Drift

• changing climates

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Another piece of evidence in the theory of Continental Drift is __________ evidence of a giant fern named Glossopteris.

• geologic

• fit/shape

• glacial

• fossil/climate

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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

The continents move very slowly, only a few __________per year.

• meters
• kilometers
• centimeters
• miles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Most tectonic plates have both oceanic and continental crust. How are they different?

• Oceanic is thinner and less dense than continental.

• Continental is thinner than more dense than oceanic.

• Continental is thicker and less dense than oceanic.

• Oceanic is thicker and more dense than continental.

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

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Pangaea was a giant landmass that existed 2 million years ago

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3