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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: Tectonics
Level: Grade 8
Score: 1
Tags: NGSS MS-ESS2-3
Author: LBeth
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Grade 8 Tectonics

In the early 1900s, scientist Alfred Wegener hypothesized that the continents were once one landmass that moved apart over time. The map supports which piece of evidence for Wegener's idea?
Map of the Atlantic
  1. the shapes of the continental coastlines roughly fit together
  2. distribution of coal deposits matches across different continents
  3. parts of different continents share similar fossils and similar rocks
  4. the age of oceanic crust is younger in the middle of the ocean and older at continental boundaries