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Continental Drift
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

Harry Hess
Galileo
Alfred Wegener
Newton

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is this a picture of?

plate tectonics

continental drift

pangaea

glacier scaring

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of information was NOT collected by Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

glacial deposits
 fossils
seafloor magnetic data
rocks

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The theory of continental drift named a key part of this idea Pangaea. What is Pangaea?

One of the ancient animals that helped Wegener prove that fossils from different continents originally came from the same location
 supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past
The underwater ocean range in the middle of the ocean
The hot spot which gave rise to the Hawaiian Islands, among others

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was Wegener's theory not accepted?

He had no proof of how they were moving
He had no evidence
He was married
He was not a Scientist

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other

True
False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most geologist think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

the rotation of the Earth.

the Earth's magnetic field.

subduction.

convection currents.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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