Continental Drift and Plate Boundaries

Who is the man that is credited with the theory of continental drift/plate tectonics?

• Albert Einstein

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Alfred Wegener

• Tycho Brahe

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What evidence is this image referring to?

• puzzle-piece evidence

• climate evidence

• fossil evidence

• rock evidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What evidence is this image referring to?

• puzzle-piece evidence

• climate evidence

• fossil evidence

• rock evidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The Appalachain mountains of the Eastern US and the Caledonian mountains of Scandinavia (Europe) have the same age of rock and make-up of rock.

• puzzle-piece evidence

• climate evidence

• fossil evidence

• rock evidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

There is evidnece of glacial grooves on the continents of South America, Africa, and Australia, as well as in India. None of these places have huge glaciers any more, so this is which type of evidence for continental drift?

• puzzle-piece evidence

• climate evidence

• fossil evidence

• rock evidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What boundary type is being represented?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

What boundary type is being represented?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

What boundary type is being represented?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of stress is being represented?

• compression

• shearing

• tension

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What kind of stress is being represented?

• compression

• shearing

• tension