Chapter 2 Plate Tectonics

A  Glossopteris

B  Lepidodendron

C  Mesosauras

D  Archaeopteris

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

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

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

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

A  Gondwanaland

B  Pangaea

C  Tethys Sea

D  Panthalassia

E  Panamerica

A  Alfred Wegener

B  Drummond Matthews

C  Stanley Miller

D  Harry Hess

E  Frederick Vine

A  Earthquake distribution

B  Locations of active volcanoes

C  Magnetic pole reversals

D  Shape of continental margins

E  Seafloor magnetic patterns

A  presence or absence of glacial debris.

B  plants and animals that live in an area.

C  longitude.

D  latitude.

E  Earth’s geologic history.

A  the edge of the continental shelf

B  oceanic trenches in subduction zones

C  current shorelines

D  edges of the deep sea floor

E  edges at around 2,000 meters depth

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

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

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

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

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

A  The fit of the continents

B  Matching sequences of rocks

C  Past glacial activity

D  Paleomagnetic reversals

E  The distribution of organisms

A  Drummond Matthews.

B  John Tuzo Wilson.

C  Alfred Wegener.

D  Frederick Vine.

E  Harry Hess.

A  The mechanism for the movement of the plates

B  Fossil evidence

C  Glacial evidence

D  Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

E  Mountain belts

A  Australia

B  Africa

C  South America

D  Greenland

E  Europe

A  Sir Edward Bullard

B  Harry Hess

C  Alfred Wegener

D  Christopher Columbus

A  Rodinia

B  Gondwana

C  Pangaea

D  Laurasia

A  Africa

B  Australia

C  South America

D  Europe

A  Asia and Greenland

B  Greenland and North America

C  Antarctica and North America

D  Antarctica and Asia

E  Greenland and Antarctica

A  400

B  200

C  350

D  300

E  250

A  North America and Africa

B  North America and South America

C  South America and Africa

D  Africa and Australia

E  Africa and Asia

A  Shoreline

B  Continental margin

C  Continental slope

D  Continental shelf

E  Continental rise

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

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

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

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