Continental Drift Lesson

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Science

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11th Grade

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Hard

Joseph Anderson

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5 Slides • 13 Questions

Continental Drift

Multiple Choice

What is a hypothesis?

the thing changed on purpose in the experiment

an explanation about what you observed

using your 5 senses to gather data

an educated guess about the outcome of an experiment

Multiple Choice

Which continent is # 7?

Africa

Asia

Europe

Australia

Multiple Choice

Which continent is # 6?

Africa

Asia

Europe

Australia

Multiple Choice

Which continent is # 5?

Africa

South America

Europe

Asia

Multiple Choice

Which continent is # 4?

Antarctica

North America

Europe

Africa

Multiple Choice

Which continent is # 3?

South America

North America

Europe

Antarctica

Multiple Choice

Which continent is # 2?

North America

South America

Antarctica

Europe

Multiple Choice

What continent is # 1?

Antarctica

South America

North America

Europe

Continental Drift

Alfred Wegener a German scientist discovered that the continents looked like they fit together
He needed evidence to prove this Hypothesis

Evidence Of Continental Drift

Fossils were found from the same species on different continents
The same plant Glossopteris was found on all of these continents which means they had the same plants and climates
Mountain ranges in the U.S. (Appalachian Mountains) match up with mountain ranges in Europe

Continental Drift Theory

Stated that the earth’s continents were once all a super continent called Pangea and eventually separated and drifted apart.

Multiple Choice

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

Harry Hess

Galileo

Alfred Wegener

Newton

Multiple Choice

Where did Wegener find plant fossils that today would not be able to survive on that type of land?

North America

Antarctica

China

India

Multiple Choice

The Appalachian Mountains in the U.S. match up with a similar mountain ranges in northern Europe. How does this support Wegener's theory of Continental Drift?

The mountains were formed after tectonic plates had moved away from each other

The similarities provide evidence North America & Europe were connected when the mountains formed.

Similar rock samples were found on the ocean floor and at the two mountain ranges indicating that they both formed around the same time.

This evidence does not support the theory of continental drift.

Multiple Choice

What is this a picture of?

plate tectonics

continental drift

pangea

glacier scaring

Multiple Choice

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

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