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Continental Drift
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the Theory of Continental Drift?
Earth's continents do not move.
Earth's continents moved in the past and continue moving today.
Earth's continents will eventually fall off the planet.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name for the large landmass of all the continents that formed 175 million years ago?
Pangaea
Laurasia
United Continents
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What piece of evidence for Continental Drift states that the continents fit together like puzzle pieces?
Continent Shape
Fossil/Climate Evidence
Landform/Rock Evidence
Glacial Evidence
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What piece of evidence for Continental Drift states that the same plant and animal fossils are found on continents separated by oceans.
Continent Shape
Fossil/Climate Evidence
Landform/Rock Evidence
Glacial Evidence
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What piece of evidence for Continental Drift states that similar types and ages of rocks are found on different continents?
Continent Shape
Fossil/Climate Evidence
Landform/Rock Evidence
Glacial Evidence
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What piece of evidence for Continental Drift states that glacial deposits and glacial scarring are found on continents with warm climates today.
Continent Shape
Fossil/Climate Evidence
Landform/Rock Evidence
Glacial Evidence
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the process of magma pushing up through a mid-ocean ridge, forming new crust, and pushing continents apart called?
seafloor spreading
seafloor growing
volcanic volleyball
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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