Continental Drift & Heat Transfer in Earth

Alfred's Wegener Theory

• continental drift
• heat transfer
• continental rift
• climate evidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegener called the supercontinent

• Glossopteris
• continental drift
• Mesosaurus
• Pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Coal beds are climate change evidence because.....

• they are formed in cold climates and found in cold climates
• they are formed in hot climates found in cold climates
• they are formed in hot climates and found in hot climates
• they are formed in cold climates found in hot climates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The mesosaurus could not swim across the ocean but its fossils were found on continents separated by ocean water. Which type of evidence is this?

• climate change evidence
• matching fossil evidence
• matching rocks/ mountains evidence
• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Why are mountain ranges found on different continents evidence of Continental drift?

• same age
• same composition
• same structure
• all of the above

Coral reef fossils are climate change evidence because.....

• They are formed in cold areas and found in cold
• They are formed in hot areas and found in hot
• They are formed in cold areas and found in hot
• They are formed in hot areas and found in cold

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Lystrosaurus and cynognathus are which type of evidence?

• climate change
• matching fossils
• matching rock/mountains
• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Coal beds are which type of evidence

• climate change
• matching fossils
• matching rocks/mountains
• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Wegener's theory was rejected because

• he did not have enough evidence
• he made up the evidence
• he could not come up with the force or mechanism that moved the continents
• they thought he was lying

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Glacier marks found in South America, India and Africa is climate change evidence because....

• They are formed in cold and found in cold
• They are formed in hot and found in hot
• They are formed in cold and found in hot
• They are formed in hot and found in cold

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5