Chapter 2 Plate Tectonics

A  Mesosauras

B  Glossopteris

C  Lepidodendron

D  Archaeopteris

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

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

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

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

A  Tethys Sea

B  Panamerica

C  Pangaea

D  Panthalassia

E  Gondwanaland

A  Stanley Miller

B  Drummond Matthews

C  Frederick Vine

D  Harry Hess

E  Alfred Wegener

A  Locations of active volcanoes

B  Shape of continental margins

C  Seafloor magnetic patterns

D  Magnetic pole reversals

E  Earthquake distribution

A  Earth’s geologic history.

B  presence or absence of glacial debris.

C  latitude.

D  plants and animals that live in an area.

E  longitude.

A  oceanic trenches in subduction zones

B  edges of the deep sea floor

C  current shorelines

D  edges at around 2,000 meters depth

E  the edge of the continental shelf

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

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

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

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

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

A  Paleomagnetic reversals

B  Past glacial activity

C  Matching sequences of rocks

D  The fit of the continents

E  The distribution of organisms

A  John Tuzo Wilson.

B  Alfred Wegener.

C  Frederick Vine.

D  Drummond Matthews.

E  Harry Hess.

A  Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

B  The mechanism for the movement of the plates

C  Fossil evidence

D  Mountain belts

E  Glacial evidence

A  Africa

B  Europe

C  Australia

D  Greenland

E  South America

A  Harry Hess

B  Christopher Columbus

C  Alfred Wegener

D  Sir Edward Bullard

A  Pangaea

B  Gondwana

C  Laurasia

D  Rodinia

A  Australia

B  South America

C  Europe

D  Africa

A  Greenland and North America

B  Antarctica and North America

C  Antarctica and Asia

D  Greenland and Antarctica

E  Asia and Greenland

A  300

B  200

C  250

D  400

E  350

A  North America and Africa

B  North America and South America

C  Africa and Asia

D  Africa and Australia

E  South America and Africa

A  Continental rise

B  Continental margin

C  Continental slope

D  Continental shelf

E  Shoreline

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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  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