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Continental Drift

Authored by Daniel Bixler

Science

9th Grade

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Continental Drift
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the rate at which South America is moving away from Africa according to the text?

2 to 3 cm/y

8 to 9 cm/y

2 to 3 m/y

8 to 9 m/y

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was one of the early proponents of the idea of moving landmasses and proposed the idea of continental drift?

Eduard Suess

Alfred Wegener

Abraham Ortelius

James Hutton

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name of the supercontinent that Alfred Wegener proposed existed about 200 million years ago?

Gondwana

Laurasia

Pangaea

Rodinia

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Wegener, what evidence supported the hypothesis of continental drift?

Distribution of deserts

Similar rock types on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean

The shape of the ocean floor

The patterns of the stars

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What incorrect proposal did Abraham Ortelius make regarding the separation of North and South America from Europe and Africa?

Tectonic plate movement

Earthquakes and landslides

Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

Earthquakes and floods

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What background did Wegener have that helped him reason that the area separating fossil finds was too large to have had a single climate?

Geology

Biology

Meteorology

Paleontology

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-7

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of climatic evidence did Wegener find in Antarctica that suggested it was once closer to the equator?

Evidence of vast desert landscapes

Evidence of vast climatic changes including coal deposits from dead swamp plants

Evidence of tropical rainforest remains

Evidence of large glacial deposits

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