Pangea Basics

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
+3
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why did other scientists did no believe in Wegener’s theory?
He could not explain how the continents moved
He didn’t have evidence
His data was wrong
He didn’t use the right technology to gather data
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
all of the above
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the name Wegener gave to the big piece of land that held all of the continents together?
Pluto
The Continental Divide
Pangea
Mars
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is this a picture of?
plate tectonics
continental drift
pangea
glacier scaring
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who figured out the continents move?
Albert Einstein
Neil Armstrong
Alfred Wegener
Clifford
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which word means our land slowly drifts like pieces of wood across the ocean?
Evolution
Continental Drift
Scientific Method
Floating
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?
He could not explain HOW the continents moved
He didn't have evidence
His data was wrong
He didn't use the right technology to gather data
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
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