Continental Drift/Geologic Time Scale

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Einstein
• Alfred Wegener
• Isaac Newton
• John Dalton

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?

• Pangea
• Asia
• Pantallasa
• Eurasi

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

What causes the continents to move?

• Meteors

• Plate tectonics

• Ocean waves

• Earth's rotation

Most scientists did not believe Alfred Wegener's hypothesis about drifting land masses. Why?

• He did not give enough evidence.

• They thought his time table was off.

• They did not like Alfred.

• He could not explain how the land masses moved.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Choose all the evidence Wegener used to support his Continental Drift Hypothesis.

• human remains

• fossils

• mountain ranges

• climate evidence

• the age of the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The continents move very slowly, only a few __________per year.

• meters
• kilometers
• centimeters
• miles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In which period are we currently living?

• Precambrian

• Quaternary

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

Which era are we in right now?

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Archean

• Hadean

What is a record of Earth's geologic history as scientists have come to understand it by studying the layers of rock?

• fossil record

• geologic record

• geologic time scale

• fossil/geologic time scale

What is the correct order of divisions from largest to smallest?

• epoch, period, era, eon

• period, era, epoch, eon

• era, eon, period, epoch

• eon, era, period, epoch