Continental Drift

Continental Drift

6th - 8th Grade

26 Qs

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Continental Drift

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Easy

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS2-2

+5

Standards-aligned

Created by

Ashleigh Grumke

Used 38+ times

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26 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
Harry Hess
Galileo
Alfred Wegener
Newton

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?
Africa has always been near the equator
Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
The continents have not moved
sea floor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

glacier striations and evidence from temperature

mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
Africa and North America
South America and Europe
South America and Africa
Antartica and Africa

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How long ago is Pangea believed to have existed?
200-300 million years ago
1000-2000 years ago
10,000-20,000 years ago
20-30 billion years ago

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What drives tectonic plate movement? 
gravity
coriolis effect
convection currents
the earth's magnetic core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The OLDEST seafloor is located? 
Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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