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Mountain ranges located on both side of the Atlantic Ocean

• are the same height and width.

• have the same rock types, structures and ages.

• have ancient fossils and coal seams.

• are just separate mountain ranges.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What was Wegener’s continental drift idea?

• The continents have moved slowly apart to their current locations.

• The continents have always been located at their current locations.

• The continents are moving slowly together from their current locations.

• None of these

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

True or False-Similar fossil records across continents was evidence for continental drift.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The remains or traces of ancient life are called ____________.

• bones

• remanents

• fossils

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory?

• Fossils, Fish, and Land

• Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate

• Fossils, Land forms, and Climate

• Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphic rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

• glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature

• mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers
• Near the bottom of the rock layers
• In the middle of the rock layers
• Somewhat near the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

_{Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?}

• F
• E
• B
• A

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

• A
• B
• C

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Put the layers in order from oldest to youngest.

• a, b, c, d, e
• b, c, d, a, e
• b, c, d, e, a 
• e, d, c, b, a

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4