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Plate Tectonics and Mountain Building

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6th - 8th Grade

Plate Tectonics and Mountain Building
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, 

Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
the continents DO NOT move
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking
the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

evidence from landforms
evidence from fossils
evidence from human remains
evidence from climate

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...

it did not agree with their current theory
Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago
Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis
Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What discovery caused scientists to rethink Wegener's continental drift theory?

discovery of earthquake activity in California
discovery of the ring of fire in the Pacific Ocean
discovery of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Ocean
discovery of deep trenches off the coast of South America

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Pacific Ring of Fire is an arc around the Pacific Ocean where many volcanoes and earthquakes are formed.

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What drives tectonic plate movement? 

gravity
coriolis effect
convection currents
the earth's magnetic core

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between the theory of continental drift and plate tectonics?

They are both the same.

Plate tectonics explains why Earth's Continents are moving; the theory of continental drift does not.

Plate tectonics does not explain why Earth's continents are moving; the theory of continental drift does.

None of the above.

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