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Plate Motion Unit Test

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a fossil of an animal is found on almost all continents, then it supports

the idea of a traveling animal
the idea of a connected original continent
the idea of a flying animal

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Fossil remains of Lystrosaurus (an extinct four-legged animal) have been discovered in India and South Africa. When they were living, all the Lystrosaurus lived together on land, and they could not swim. However, now there is an ocean between the Lystrosaurus fossils. What could explain how these fossils got so far apart?

India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved far apart as soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates over millions of years.
India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates floated away from each other across the ocean.
India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved apart as new plates from underneath got added between them over millions of years.
India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates were sometimes pushed far apart by earthquakes, and soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water

plate
mantle
outer layer
surface

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the place where two plates meet

pattern
surface
plate boundary
cross section

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

plate
plate boundary
outer layer
cross section

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

something we observe to be similar over and over again

pattern
surface
analyze
rate

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a sudden shaking of Earth's surface

pattern
earthquake
tornado
storm

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