Continental Drift

Continental Drift

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-LS4-1, HS-ESS1-5

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Agostini

Used 13+ times

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Standards-aligned

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
,
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
,
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.MS-ESS3-1
,

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What two continents most obviously look like they fit together?

  • South America and Africa

  • Asia and South America

  • North America and Africa

  • Europe and Asia

South America and Africa

Asia and South America

North America and Africa

Europe and Asia

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the name Alfred Wegner gave to the super continent that he thought must have existed?


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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first piece of evidence for Wegner's Continental Drift theory?

fossil records

puzzle like fit of the continents

rock correlation

paleo climate data

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Wegner think the fossils of the Mesosaurus ended up on two different continents?

The mesosaurus swam across the ocean

The fossils were not the same animal.

The mesosaurus evolved independently but identically in two different continents.

The continents were joined together at one time in the past.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

On which continents can the fossils of Lystrosaurus be found?

South America and Africa

India and Africa

Antarctica, India and Africa

  • Australia, Antarctica, Africa and South America

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does Fossil Correlation mean?

Fossils found in the ocean.

Identical animal or plant fossils found on different continents.

Fossils that match up and look like each other.

Identical fossils found in rocks.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is rock and mountain correlation evidence for Continental Drift?

Fossil correlation and mountain correlation are both evidence for Continental Drift.

The mountains in North America line up exactly with mountains in Europe.

It is unlikely that identical mountains with the same geologic structure would form on different continents at the same time.

Wegner couldn't explain how rocks ended up on either side of the ocean.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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