RC - Continental Drift Quiz
Authored by Jennifer McDonald
Science
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
All of the continents were once part of one large continent called...
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the force that moves the continents?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Conveyor belts
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NGSS.MS-PS2-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name for the large landmass of all the continents that formed 175 million years ago?
Pangaea
Laurasia
United Continents
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the Theory of Continental Drift?
Earth's continents do not move.
Earth's continents moved in the past and continue moving today.
Earth's continents will eventually fall off the planet.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the process of magma pushing up through a mid-ocean ridge, forming new crust, and pushing continents apart called?
seafloor spreading
seafloor growing
volcanic volleyball
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In what layer of Earth do convection currents happen?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Alfred Wegener noticed that the same land animals could be found on land separated by oceans.
True
False
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