Continental Drift & Seafloor Spreading Test Review

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Science
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6th Grade
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Sharon Kranenberg
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the 200 million-year-old supercontinent?
Gondwanaland
Pangea
Laurasia
Pangea Ultimate
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS1-6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How many major plates are there?
7
5
2
1
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is known for creating the Continental Drift hypothesis?
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the theory of continental drift state?
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents.
Continents are stationary and do not move.
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time.
The continents are disappearing a centimeter each year.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?
Glacier scars and evidence from temperature
Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces
Mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents
Wegener made observations and created his theory
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
Africa and North America
South America and Europe
South America and Africa
Antartica and Africa
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Scientists today believe that there have been several supercontinents like Pangaea and more will eventually form.
yes
no
maybe
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS1-6
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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