Alfred Wegener #2

Alfred Wegener #2

Assessment

Interactive Video

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7th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

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Lisa Ford

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6 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Alfred Wegener was a:

Mountain Climber

Dog Trainer

Scientist

Movie Star

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Wegener's idea for continental drift was new to geology because it suggested that continents:

Were fixed in place and have never moved

Moved up and down

Moved across the surface of Earth

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one reason why scientists rejected his idea of continental drift?

He was not considered an expert because he studied weather and not about rocks and the Earth.

He did not have any evidence to prove the continents were together in the past

There were too many jealous scientists that did not want him to become famous. 

He was such a nerd and nobody liked him

4.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Besides rock evidence, briefly explain one other piece of evidence Wegener provided that shows continents had moved in the past.

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened when scientists rejected the evidence that he provided in his book?

Wegener went back to studying meteorology again (weather).

Wegener went to science meetings and argued his point of view with those scientists that disagreed with him.

Wegener went back and continued to revise his book to make his argument stronger. 

6.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 2 pts

What is one thing from THIS video that you found interesting (or somebody else may have found interesting) AND EXPLAIN WHY.

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