Continental Drift Mini Quiz

What are you learning about this week?

• Dinosaurs

• The Planets

• Space

• Continental Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What was the name of the supercontinent that existed 335 million years ago?

• North America

• Pangaea

• Antarctica

• Earth

335 million years ago the continents were...

• Joined

• Apart

• Not there

• Upside Down

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Select the description of Earth today

• 1 large supercontinent

• Continents that slowly move and are separated by ocean

• Continents that do not move and are separated by ocean

How far apart do the continents move each year?

• 20 cm

• 10 cm

• 3 cm

• 2 cm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the words to the definition.

• Organism bones found in different plates

• Glacial Striations

• scratches/grooves formed by moving ice

• Coal Deposits

• Rocks formed in tropical climates

• Fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Name of the scientist that proposed Continental Drift. (NO SPACES)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

According to continental drift, In the future what will happen with the continent plates?

• They will remain where they are

• They will move towards each other and join

• They will keep moving away from each other and join on the opposite side

• There will be no continents, ocean only

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which statement supports: glacial striations.

• The continents fit like a puzzle

• Similar bones were found in america and europe

• coal deposits were found in antarctica

• similar ridges carved by ice were found in africa and antarctica

Did people believe Alfred Wegener?

• Yes

• No