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Continental Drift and Plate Tectonic Quiz
Authored by Chao Vang
Science
12th Grade
NGSS covered

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1.
REORDER QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Order the pictures of Pangaea from oldest to present day.
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2.
MATCH QUESTION
30 sec • 4 pts
Continental shape clues
Hardened magma of the same chemistry and age
Climate Clues
Plant and animal evidence found on continents seperated by oceans
Fossil clues
Glacier grooves match up on neighboring continents
Rock clues
Continents seem to fit together like puzzle pieces
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was Wegener’s continental drift idea?
The continents have moved slowly apart to their current locations.
The continents have always been located at their current locations.
The continents are moving slowly together from their current locations.
None of these
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for?
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the theory of continental drift state?
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did no one believe Wegener's ideas about continental drift? (Choose 2)
He could not successfully explain HOW the continents moved
He didn't have evidence that supported his ideas that the continents had once been connected
They were biased against his ideas because he was German and a meteorologist
He didn't use the right technology to gather data
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
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