
Exploring Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What major event occurred in Northern California in 1989?
A tsunami
A volcanic eruption
A major earthquake
A hurricane
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which scientist proposed the theory of continental drift?
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wegener
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?
Both A and B
None of the above
Similar fossils found on different continents
The shape of the continents
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the underwater mountain range discovered in the Atlantic Ocean?
The Mariana Trench
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The Andes Mountains
The Great Barrier Reef
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the Earth's outermost layers called?
The core and mantle
The lithosphere and asthenosphere
The mantle and crust
The crust and lithosphere
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the process called when new seafloor is created at mid-ocean ridges?
Subduction
Seafloor spreading
Continental drift
Plate tectonics
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move apart?
Subduction zone
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Convergent boundary
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