Continental Drift & Ice Cores

Continental Drift & Ice Cores

6th - 8th Grade

8 Qs

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Continental Drift & Ice Cores

Continental Drift & Ice Cores

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS2-1

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Cynthia Kellett

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can scientists use to study how Earth's climate and atmosphere have changed over time?

Ice cores

Index fossils

Law of Superposition

Radioactive dating

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is the best reason for scientists to study ice cores obtained from Earth’s ice caps?

to evaluate potential oil drilling sites

to study the quality of water stored in glaciers

to determine the rate of melting in polar regions

to study past climates by analyzing trapped gases and particles

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What theory states that Earth's continents are slowly drifting apart due to plate tectonics?

Theory of Continental Drift

Theory of Evolution

Heliocentric Theory

Geocentric Theory

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What causes continental drift?

Convection currents

Rock deposition

Seafloor spreading

Earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Pangea

Pantallasa

Eurasia

Gondwanaland

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the three pieces of evidence that supports the Theory of Continental Drift?

Rocks, climate, fossils

Rocks, land masses, climate

Law of Superposition, fossils, weather

Vegetation, fossils, rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is the scientist who created the Theory of Continental Drift?

Alfred Wegener

Charles Darwin

Albert Einstein

Isaac Newton

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1