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7.10AB Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift

Authored by Lauren Murphy

Science

6th - 8th Grade

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7.10AB Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the problem with Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift?

It could not explain what caused the continents to move

He falsely stated that matching fossils were found on different continents

He couldn't show evidence of matching rock formations

The idea of the Earth being a puzzle was too outrageous to accept

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is NOT evidence used to support the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

Some continents have similar coastlines to each other

Fossils of the same animals were found on different continents

Some animals used land bridges to travel between continents

There was evidence of glaciers found in areas that are now very warm

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The presence of the same ______ on several continents supports the hypotihesis of continental drift

fossils

rocks

neither rocks nor fossils

both rocks and fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Some early mapmakers thought that the coastline of South America matched the coastline of _______.

Asia

North America

Australia

Africa

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Matching _____ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

river systems

rock structures

weather patterns

wind systems

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Wegener's hypothesis that all continents were once connected in a single large landmass that broke apart about 200 million years ago and drifted slowly to their current positions is:

Mariana Trench

Continental Drift

Seafloor Spreading

Oceanic Shift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor that was formed by magma is called:

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Ocean Trench

Seafloor Spreading

Lava

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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