Plate Tectonics Drifting continents

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Theresa Farmer
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
fossil
continental drift
subduction
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continent?
Pangaea
sea floor spreading
mid ocean trench
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.
shell
mummy
fossil
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The movement of fluid caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
Deep-ocean trench
Convection currents
Sea-floor spreading
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Form long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor
Deep-ocean trench
Sea-floor spreading
Mid-ocean ridge
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
Mid-ocean ridge
Deep-ocean trench
Sea-floor spreading
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
Mid-Ocean ridge
Deep-ocean trench
Sea-floor spreading
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