Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Authored by Makenzie Kirk
Science
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The idea that explained how continents moved over time
Continental Drift
Pangea
Plate Tectonics Theory
Plate Boundaries
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A German scientist who first had the idea of continental drift.
Albert Einstein
Galileo
Alfred Wegener
Gladys West
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The name of the supercontinent before they moved to where the continents are today.
Continental Drift
Pangea
Super Country
United States of America
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The year Wegener first had the idea for continental drift
1975
1950
1888
1912
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The decade when other scientists started believing Wegener
1940's
1950's
1960's
1970's
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The scientific theory that describes how the Earth’s crust (and upper mantle) is divided into plates that can move (very slowly).
Continental Drift
Pangea
Plate Tectonics Theory
Plate Boundaries
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The places where tectonic plates (big pieces of crust) meet together
Continental Drift
Pangea
Plate Tectonics Theory
Plate Boundaries
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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