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Continental Drift Practice
Test Description: This set goes over the main ideas of continental drift.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Alfred Wegener created the idea called
A
plate tectonics.
B
continental drift.
C
fixed continents.
D
convection currents.
2) Continental drift is the idea that
A
continents don't move.
B
continents were once all connected and erosion separated them.
C
continents were once all together and broke apart over time.
D
continents move up and down.
3) Why was the idea of continental drift originally rejected by other scientists?
A
There was only one type of evidence to support it.
B
No one could explain how continents could move.
4) Which of the following is not evidence of continental drift?
A
Fossil patterns
B
Mountain Chain patterns
C
Continents have a puzzle-like fit
D
Ancient artifacts
5) The name given to all the continents connected together 200 million years ago:
A
The Americas
B
Plate tectonics
C
Eurasia
D
Pangaea
6) Fossils of tropical plants and animals found in the arctic is best explained by
A
A land bridge between the tropics and the arctic.
B
Plants and animals migrating by water and wind.
C
Artic landmass once being in a tropical location.
7) Glaciers are evidence of plate tectonics because
A
can spread plants and animals over the planet.
B
they show the Earth froze over everywhere at once.
C
they are evidence that a group of continents was connected near the southern pole.
8) Mountain chains are evidence of continental drift because
A
the mountains would have formed together and moved with continents when they broke apart.
B
developed on their own in different places.
C
they would have formed when the planet formed and never changed.
9) The idea of continental drift was
A
right.
B
wrong.
10) Magnetic patterns discovered on the seafloor show that
A
Earth's tectonic plates always stay the same.
B
plate tectonics is a waste of time.
C
Earth's tectonic plates change over time.
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