Chapter 2 Plate Tectonics

A  Archaeopteris

B  Mesosauras

C  Glossopteris

D  Lepidodendron

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

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

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

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

A  Panamerica

B  Panthalassia

C  Gondwanaland

D  Pangaea

E  Tethys Sea

A  Stanley Miller

B  Harry Hess

C  Drummond Matthews

D  Alfred Wegener

E  Frederick Vine

A  Locations of active volcanoes

B  Earthquake distribution

C  Magnetic pole reversals

D  Seafloor magnetic patterns

E  Shape of continental margins

A  Earth’s geologic history.

B  plants and animals that live in an area.

C  latitude.

D  longitude.

E  presence or absence of glacial debris.

A  current shorelines

B  edges of the deep sea floor

C  oceanic trenches in subduction zones

D  edges at around 2,000 meters depth

E  the edge of the continental shelf

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

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

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

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

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

A  The fit of the continents

B  Paleomagnetic reversals

C  Past glacial activity

D  The distribution of organisms

E  Matching sequences of rocks

A  Drummond Matthews.

B  John Tuzo Wilson.

C  Harry Hess.

D  Frederick Vine.

E  Alfred Wegener.

A  Fossil evidence

B  Glacial evidence

C  Mountain belts

D  The mechanism for the movement of the plates

E  Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

A  South America

B  Australia

C  Europe

D  Africa

E  Greenland

A  Christopher Columbus

B  Alfred Wegener

C  Sir Edward Bullard

D  Harry Hess

A  Laurasia

B  Rodinia

C  Gondwana

D  Pangaea

A  Europe

B  South America

C  Australia

D  Africa

A  Greenland and North America

B  Antarctica and Asia

C  Greenland and Antarctica

D  Asia and Greenland

E  Antarctica and North America

A  300

B  200

C  250

D  350

E  400

A  Africa and Asia

B  North America and Africa

C  North America and South America

D  Africa and Australia

E  South America and Africa

A  Continental rise

B  Continental slope

C  Continental shelf

D  Shoreline

E  Continental margin

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

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

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

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

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

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

B  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

C  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.

D  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.