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Big Changes on Earth p. 290-291

Authored by Faith Maceira

Science

5th Grade

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Big Changes on Earth p. 290-291
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1.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Continental drift is the theory stating that the continents are ​ (a)  

moving apart slowly.
staying still
disappearing suddenly

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2.

HOTSPOT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Click on the shaded area of the map that shows evidence that the mesosaurus existed in both Africa and South America

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

HOTSPOT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Click on the fossil as shown in this map that gives us the STRONGEST evidence that all these continents were joined at one time.

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4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

There are 7 continents today. However, scientists have found evidence to support the theory that there was once one large supercontinent named

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5.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A strong piece of evidence for continental drift is the presence of fossils of the ​ (a)   on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. It was a freshwater reptile that would not be able to swim across an entire ocean!

Mesosaurus
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Velociraptor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Alfred Wegener discovered strong evidence for continental drift. This evidence included which of the following:

Similar fossils in different continents across oceans from each other

Rock layers of similar age and composition on different continents across oceans form each other

Some continents had very different groups of people who spoke the same languages and wore the same clothes.

Some continents had similar names and had several similar landforms that suggest they were joined at some point.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Mesosaurus fossils prove that Pangea was joined together during the late ​ (a)   . The supercontinent slowly broke apart during the ​ (b)   forming the continents we know today.

Paleozoic Era
Jurassic Period
Cretaceous Era
Mesozoic Era

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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