Plate Tectonic

Plate Tectonic

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Roger Hixon

Other Sciences

8th - 9th Grade

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1.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.

Pantry

Pangaea

Wegenerland

Eurasia

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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What was the main reason Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis was rejected?

He did not have any evidence

His proposed mechanisms were physically impossible

He did not propose any mechanisms.

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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The lithospheric plates move an average of ____.

5 inches/year

5 cm/year

3 cm/year

5 feet/year

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following was NOT used in support of the continental drift hypothesis?

matching fossils

Ancient climates

paleomagnetism

Matching rocks

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or producing
lithosphere?

convergent 

transform

divergent

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