Continental Drift - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

Harry Hess

Galileo

Alfred Wegener

Newton

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is this a picture of?

plate tectonics

continental drift

pangea

glacier scaring

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for?

Africa has always been near the equator

Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate

The continents have not moved

sea floor spreading

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What does the theory of continental drift state?

The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

Continents are stationary and do not move

The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

none of the above

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

glacier scars and evidence from temperature

mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

all of the above

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?

He could not explain HOW the continents moved

He didn't have evidence

His data was wrong

He didn't use the right technology to gather data

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The following are animal fossil evidences of the Continental Drift theory except?

Glossopteris

Cynognathus

Lystrosaurus

Mesosaurus

8.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What discovery provided strong support for Continental Drift?

Geology

Electromagnetism

Astrophysics

Paleomagnetism

9.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is evidence that supports continental drift?

the presence of penguins at both the equator and Antarctica

fossils of the same plant have been found on several continents

the presence of glacial features in Antarctica

the presence of volcanic rock in Antarctica

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the Theory of Continental Drift?

New continents are continually being created

and destroyed.

The layout of the continents is the same today

as it has always been

The continents have always been separate but

may one day drift together to form a single

continent

All the continents were once one continent that

broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of

millions of years

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What do these color strips show between South America and Africa with the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

Similar cultures

Similar fossils

Similar languages

Similar weather

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What drives tectonic plate movement?

gravity

coriolis effect

convection currents

the earth's magnetic core

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