Chapter 2 Plate Tectonics

A  Lepidodendron

B  Mesosauras

C  Archaeopteris

D  Glossopteris

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

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

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

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

A  Pangaea

B  Tethys Sea

C  Panamerica

D  Gondwanaland

E  Panthalassia

A  Drummond Matthews

B  Alfred Wegener

C  Harry Hess

D  Stanley Miller

E  Frederick Vine

A  Earthquake distribution

B  Locations of active volcanoes

C  Seafloor magnetic patterns

D  Magnetic pole reversals

E  Shape of continental margins

A  latitude.

B  plants and animals that live in an area.

C  presence or absence of glacial debris.

D  longitude.

E  Earth’s geologic history.

A  edges of the deep sea floor

B  oceanic trenches in subduction zones

C  edges at around 2,000 meters depth

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

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

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

A  Past glacial activity

B  Paleomagnetic reversals

C  Matching sequences of rocks

D  The fit of the continents

E  The distribution of organisms

A  Frederick Vine.

B  Harry Hess.

C  Drummond Matthews.

D  John Tuzo Wilson.

E  Alfred Wegener.

A  The mechanism for the movement of the plates

B  Mountain belts

C  Glacial evidence

D  Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

E  Fossil evidence

A  Greenland

B  Europe

C  Australia

D  South America

E  Africa

A  Christopher Columbus

B  Sir Edward Bullard

C  Alfred Wegener

D  Harry Hess

A  Rodinia

B  Laurasia

C  Pangaea

D  Gondwana

A  Africa

B  South America

C  Australia

D  Europe

A  Antarctica and Asia

B  Greenland and Antarctica

C  Greenland and North America

D  Asia and Greenland

E  Antarctica and North America

A  300

B  200

C  400

D  250

E  350

A  South America and Africa

B  Africa and Asia

C  North America and Africa

D  Africa and Australia

E  North America and South America

A  Shoreline

B  Continental margin

C  Continental slope

D  Continental rise

E  Continental shelf

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

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

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

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

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

A  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

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

C  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.

D  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.