Chapter 2 Plate Tectonics

A  Archaeopteris

B  Glossopteris

C  Mesosauras

D  Lepidodendron

A  There was no correlation of rocks found in adjacent positions on matching continents

B  His correlation of fossils was false; they were different species.

C  There is no evidence of past glacial activity in areas that are now tropical.

D  The mechanism he proposed for the movement of the continents.

A  Tethys Sea

B  Panamerica

C  Gondwanaland

D  Pangaea

E  Panthalassia

A  Alfred Wegener

B  Frederick Vine

C  Drummond Matthews

D  Stanley Miller

E  Harry Hess

A  Seafloor magnetic patterns

B  Locations of active volcanoes

C  Shape of continental margins

D  Magnetic pole reversals

E  Earthquake distribution

A  plants and animals that live in an area.

B  presence or absence of glacial debris.

C  Earth’s geologic history.

D  latitude.

E  longitude.

A  edges at around 2,000 meters depth

B  edges of the deep sea floor

C  oceanic trenches in subduction zones

D  the edge of the continental shelf

E  current shorelines

A  entire earth had warm, humid conditions at the time the plants were living.

B  plants were distributed to current locations by ancient glacial ice sheets.

C  plants probably were tolerant of both tropical and polar conditions.

D  poles were at the equator at times in the geologic past.

E  plants lived in the tropics, but landmasses have drifted to current locations.

A  Past glacial activity

B  Matching sequences of rocks

C  The distribution of organisms

D  The fit of the continents

E  Paleomagnetic reversals

A  Frederick Vine.

B  John Tuzo Wilson.

C  Alfred Wegener.

D  Harry Hess.

E  Drummond Matthews.

A  Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

B  Fossil evidence

C  Glacial evidence

D  The mechanism for the movement of the plates

E  Mountain belts

A  South America

B  Greenland

C  Australia

D  Africa

E  Europe

A  Harry Hess

B  Sir Edward Bullard

C  Alfred Wegener

D  Christopher Columbus

A  Rodinia

B  Pangaea

C  Gondwana

D  Laurasia

A  South America

B  Australia

C  Africa

D  Europe

A  Antarctica and North America

B  Greenland and North America

C  Antarctica and Asia

D  Greenland and Antarctica

E  Asia and Greenland

A  200

B  300

C  400

D  350

E  250

A  Africa and Australia

B  North America and South America

C  Africa and Asia

D  South America and Africa

E  North America and Africa

A  Shoreline

B  Continental shelf

C  Continental rise

D  Continental slope

E  Continental margin

A  Modern-day species that evolved in isolation share a common ancestor.

B  Coal deposits that form in tropical swamps are absent from continents near the poles.

C  Calculations of tidal forces show that this mechanism is sufficient to cause landmasses to move.

D  Records of glacial masses in the tropics indicate a worldwide ice age.

E  Rocks of varying ages found in mountain chains separated by the Atlantic Ocean indicate that they formed at different times in history.

A  The composition of meteors from outer space. Evidence of glaciers in areas that are now tropical. The pattern of geologically similar mountain belts on different continents.

B  The way the shapes of the continents fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. The composition of meteors from outer space. The pattern of geologically similar mountain belts on different continents.

C  Evidence of glaciers in areas that are now tropical. The pattern of geologically similar mountain belts on different continents. The distribution of fossils of various species. The way the shapes of the continents fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle

D  The composition of meteors from outer space. The pattern of geologically similar mountain belts on different continents. The distribution of fossils of various species.