Plate Tectonics Review
Authored by JAMES FORD
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which scientist proposed the continental drift hypothesis in 1911?
Richter
Hess
Wegener
Tharp
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is indicated by the discovery of coal on land that is in a cold climate?
Coal can form under many conditions
The land the coal is on is hotter than most continents
Coal formed under different conditions in the past
The land the coal is on has moved
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the theory of continental drift state?
The continents were all joined together and slowly drifted apart.
There used to be more continents than there are today, but some are now underwater
The continents were once much farther apart and have since been moving together
Continents move by floating on water
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Select all possible answers:
Which of the following are pieces of evidence that Wegener used to support his idea?
bird flight patterns
rocks
glaciers
fossils
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
5.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The hypothesis of continental drift was ignored until new evidence was found that pointed to a mechanism.
(a)
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did most scientists dismiss Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift?
Wegener was a meteorologist and everyone knows the weatherman is always wrong
They thought the continents would not be deformed
Wegener could not identify a force that could move the continents
Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
7.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In (a) , Wegener published a book called The Origin of Continents and Oceans.
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