Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

7th Grade

13 Qs

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Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Kimberly Goeckner

Used 67+ times

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13 questions

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1.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

A break in the earth's surface is called...

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

This theory states that continents can move apart from each other and have done so in the past.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Compressional stress happens at what type of boundary?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

What is the name of the supercontinent that Wegner belived all continents broke off from?

Laurasia

Gondwanaland

Pangea

Panthalassa

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

True or False Pangea and Panthalassa are latin words meaning all lands and all seas

True

False

Answer explanation

Pangea and Panthalassa are of greek origins, but they do mean all lands and all seas

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

Who created the continental drift theory?

Frederick Vine

Alfred Wegener

Lawrence Morley

Drummond Matthews

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

The study of the movement and changes in the rocks that make up the Earth's crust is called

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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