Evidence of Continental Drift

What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that present day glacial deposits are found at the equator?

• puzzle pieces 

• rock and glacial deposit evidence

• fossil evidence

• mountain range evidence

What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that the continents fit together like a puzzle?

• puzzle pieces

• mountain range evidence

• fossil evidence

• rock deposit and glacial evidence

What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that the freshwater Mesosaurus can be found on both the South America and Africa continents?

• puzzle pieces

• fossil evidence

• mountain range evidence

• rock and glacial deposit evidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following fossils was plant evidence for continental drift?

• Glossoperteris

• Listrosaurus

• Mesosaurus

• Cygnognathus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are the two continents the fits together based on Wegener's Theory?

• Asia and Russia

• India and Asia

• South America and Africa

• Africa and Asia

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of information was NOT collected by Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• glacial deposits

•  fossils

• seafloor magnetic data

• rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Continental drift was proposed

• Wegener

• Hutton

• Hess

• Smith

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What piece of evidence supporting continental drift states that present day coal deposits are found in the Arctic?

• fossil evidence

• puzzle pieces

• rock and glacial deposit evidence

• mountain range evidence

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What is the name of the ancient continent that existed 250 million years ago?

• Laurasia

• Gonwonaland

• Pangaea

• Europa

What is the theory that states that parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core.

• Theory of Evolution

• Heliocentric Theory

• Geocentric Theory

• Continental Drift Theory

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3