Tectonic Plates RECAP D3

Which scientist proposed the Continental Drift Theory?

• Barack Obama

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

What were the 3 proposals of the Continental Drift Theory? (select THREE)

• All continents were once together in a supercontinent called Pangaea.

• Pangaea existed roughly 225 million years ago.

• All continents were once together in a supercontinent called Pandora.

• Over millions of years, the continents drifted to their present-day locations.

  
  

• Pangaea existed roughly 500 million years ago.

Which is NOT a piece of evidence to support the Continental Drift theory?

• Fossils

• Climate

• Geological

• Magnetic field

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the giant landmass known as?

• Pangaea

• Pangea

• Pandora

• Pancake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What two elements make up the core?

• Nickel and Iron

• Hydrogen and Nickel

• Neon and Iron

• Carbon and Iron

Which one is NOT one of the four layers of the earth?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

• mesosphere

Many scientist believed Wegener continental drift theory.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which two layers are solid?

• crust and inner core

• inner core and outer core

• mantle and crust

• inner core and mantle

What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic

• oceanic and mantle

• continental and upper mantle

• mantle and inner core

What are the two layers of the mantle?

• lithosphere and outer core

• lithosphere and asthenosphere

• asthenosphere and inner core

• oceanic crust and lithosphere