
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Authored by Charles Martinez
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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The idea that explained how continents moved over time is known as...
Continental Drift
Pangea
Plate Tectonics Theory
Plate Boundaries
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The German scientist who first had the idea of continental drift was ...
Albert Einstein
Galileo
Alfred Wegener
Gladys West
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the name of the supercontinent before it split and moved to where the continents are today?
Continental Drift
Pangea
Super Country
United States of America
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In which year did Wegener first have the idea for continental drift?
1975
1950
1888
1912
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In which decade did other scientists start believing Wegener?
1940's
1950's
1960's
1970's
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the name of the scientific theory that describes how the Earth’s crust (and upper mantle) is divided into plates that can move (very slowly)?
Continental Drift
Pangea
Plate Tectonics Theory
Plate Boundaries
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the name of the places where tectonic plates (big pieces of crust) meet together?
Continental Drift
Pangea
Plate Tectonics Theory
Plate Boundaries
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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