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TEKS 8.9A Pop Quiz

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  • Q1

    Which scientist is credited with the Theory of Continental Drift?

    Charles Darwin

    Dimitri Mendeleev

    Alfred Wegener

    30s
  • Q2

    Why would there be fossils of sea creatures in a desert?

    The desert was an ocean floor millions of years ago.

    Wind and weathering carried the fossils to the desert.

    30s
  • Q3

    How do Earth’s landforms support the Theory of Continental Drift?

    They indicate weathering and drifting processes like rivers.

    They show identical climate patterns.

    They match up with other landforms on other continents that seem to fit together like puzzle pieces.

    30s
  • Q4

    Match the evidence with the scientist who contributed it to the theory

    Users link answers
    Linking
    30s
  • Q5

    Match the type of evidence of continental drift with the example

    Users link answers
    Linking
    30s
  • Q6

    Scientists believe water currents within the Earth’s mantle are slowly causing the plates above to move.

    false
    true
    True or False
    30s
  • Q7

    Fossils of tropical plants have been found in extremely cold present-day locations

    true
    false
    True or False
    30s
  • Q8

    Mountain ranges located on different continents match up which suggests the continents used to be joined together.

    true
    false
    True or False
    30s
  • Q9

    The plates are no longer moving and the continents are now in their permanent locations.

    false
    true
    True or False
    30s
  • Q10

    The broken sections of Earth’s crust are referred to as ________ ______.

    Users re-arrange answers into correct order
    Jumble
    30s

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