Plate Motion Final 2025

Which definition match's your vocab word rate?

• How often or fast something happens
• Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
• Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
• Something we observe to be similar over and over again

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Which claim is correct?

• The South American Plate and African Plate moved apart suddenly.
• The South American Plate and African Plate moved apart gradually.

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Can we feel plate movement when there isn’t an earthquake?

• Yes
• No

Earth’s plates are constantly moving. What evidence do scientists use to support this claim? Hint: You may choose more than one answer.

• Earthquakes
• Volcanic activity
• GPS measurements
• They watch the plates move with their eyes.

What is the name of this super continent?

• South America
• Gondwanaland
• Pangea
• Continental Land

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Article question: What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his idea that the continents were once connected?

• The movement of ocean currents
• Similar fossils found on different continents
• Ancient weather patterns written in old texts
• The discovery of human remains from millions of years ago

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Article question: What was the name of the supercontinent that Wegener believed existed long ago, and what happened to it?

• Gondwana, and it disappeared into the ocean
• Laurasia, and it was destroyed by volcanic eruptions
• Pangea, and it slowly broke apart over millions of years
• Eurasia, and it sank beneath the Earth’s surface

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Article question: Why were other scientists skeptical of Wegener's theory about continental movement?

• Wegener didn't have convincing evidence and didn’t explain how the continents moved
• They didn’t like Wegener as a person
• Scientists thought the Earth was too small for continents to move
• Wegener’s ideas were published in a language they couldn’t understand

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Article question: How did the shapes of continents and landforms support Wegener’s theory?

• The shapes of continents looked like triangles that fit together
• Certain continents had matching mountain ranges and landforms that seemed to fit like puzzle pieces
• Continents had similar lakes and rivers on opposite sides of the ocean
• The weather patterns on each continent were the same

Article question: How do scientists today gather evidence to show that the continents have moved over millions of years?

• They study the stars and constellations
• They look at fossils, landforms, and patterns on the ocean floor
• They read ancient books from past civilizations
• They compare modern cities with ancient cities

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