Moving Continents

The presence of the same __________ on several continents supports the hypothesis of continental drift.

• fossils

• rocks

• both fossils and rocks

• neither fossils nor rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Some early mapmakers thought that the coastline of South America matched the coastline of Asia.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Scientists at the time rejected Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift because he could not explain how or why Earth's continents move.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A lack of explanation for continental drift prevented many scientists from accepting that a single supercontinent called ________ once existed.

• Glomar

• Glossopteris

• Pangaea

• Wegener

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Matching ____________ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

• river systems

• rock structures

• weather patterns

• wind systems

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

___________ is a fossil fern that helped support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift.

• Gondwanaland

• Kannemeyerid

• Mesosaurus

• Glossopteris

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Wegener believed that the continents were assembles as part of a supercontinent about ________ years ago.

• 250 million

• 350 million

• 450 million

• 550 million

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The _____________ hypothesis suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth.

• continental drift

• continental shelf

• Pangaea

• Gondwana

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

All the continents once formed a supercontinent.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

India has always been north of the equator.

• true

• false