Continental Drift

The continents were last all together around

• 250,000 years ago

• 2.5 million years ago

• 250 million years ago

• 2.5 billion years ago

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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Mountain ranges located on both side of the Atlantic Ocean

• are the same height and width.

• have the same rock types, structures and ages.

• have ancient fossils and coal seams.

• are just separate mountain ranges.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Magnetic minerals in volcanic rock point to

• the current north magnetic pole.

• the north magnetic pole at the time they crystallized.

• the north magnetic pole on the adjacent continent.

• none of these.

What was Wegener’s continental drift idea?

• The continents have moved slowly apart to their current locations.

• The continents have always been located at their current locations.

• The continents are moving slowly together from their current locations.

• None of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

True or False-Similar fossil records across continents was evidence for continental drift.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

True or False-The continents including the continental margins can be pieced together to form a single whole continent.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

True or False-The magnetic polarity evidence indicates that there were two north magnetic poles in the geologic past.

• True

• False

Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

• Pandora

• Gandowandaland

• Pangea

• Percia

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The most common type of minerals that record the direction and strength of the magnetic field are called ____________.

• magnatips

• magnabytes

• magnalytes

• magnetite

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The seeming movement of the north magnetic pole over time is called ____________ polar wander.

• apparent

• variable

• adjacent

• independant