Plate tectonic and continental drift

Plate tectonic and continental drift

9th Grade

15 Qs

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Plate tectonic and continental drift

Plate tectonic and continental drift

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9th Grade

Easy

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the solid part of the earth?

Lithosphere

Hydrosphere

Atmosphere

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first scientist to develop a comprehensive theory of continental drift?

Alfred Wegener

Isaac Newton

Charles Darwin

Galileo Galilei

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The continents were once a single supercontinent called _______ or all land.

Pangea

Gondwana

Laurasia

Atlantis

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What confirmed Wegener’s theory of continental drift?

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The word tectonic is derived from the Greek word tekton, which means _______.

Builder

Painter

Sculptor

Carpenter

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the theory of plate tectonics? The theory of plate tectonics, the _______ is broken up into sections/pieces that _______ on top of the liquid mantle (asthenosphere).

crust, move

core, float

mantle, sink

lithosphere, drift

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sections/pieces of crust are called _______.

plates

layers

segments

blocks

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