Chapter 2 Plate Tectonics

A  Mesosauras

B  Lepidodendron

C  Glossopteris

D  Archaeopteris

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  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  Panthalassia

B  Pangaea

C  Panamerica

D  Tethys Sea

E  Gondwanaland

A  Alfred Wegener

B  Harry Hess

C  Drummond Matthews

D  Frederick Vine

E  Stanley Miller

A  Seafloor magnetic patterns

B  Earthquake distribution

C  Locations of active volcanoes

D  Magnetic pole reversals

E  Shape of continental margins

A  plants and animals that live in an area.

B  Earth’s geologic history.

C  longitude.

D  presence or absence of glacial debris.

E  latitude.

A  current shorelines

B  edges at around 2,000 meters depth

C  oceanic trenches in subduction zones

D  the edge of the continental shelf

E  edges of the deep sea floor

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

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

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

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  The distribution of organisms

B  Past glacial activity

C  Matching sequences of rocks

D  Paleomagnetic reversals

E  The fit of the continents

A  Drummond Matthews.

B  John Tuzo Wilson.

C  Harry Hess.

D  Frederick Vine.

E  Alfred Wegener.

A  The mechanism for the movement of the plates

B  Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

C  Fossil evidence

D  Glacial evidence

E  Mountain belts

A  Australia

B  Africa

C  Europe

D  Greenland

E  South America

A  Alfred Wegener

B  Harry Hess

C  Christopher Columbus

D  Sir Edward Bullard

A  Pangaea

B  Gondwana

C  Laurasia

D  Rodinia

A  Africa

B  Australia

C  South America

D  Europe

A  Antarctica and North America

B  Greenland and Antarctica

C  Antarctica and Asia

D  Asia and Greenland

E  Greenland and North America

A  350

B  250

C  300

D  200

E  400

A  South America and Africa

B  Africa and Asia

C  Africa and Australia

D  North America and South America

E  North America and Africa

A  Continental slope

B  Continental margin

C  Continental rise

D  Continental shelf

E  Shoreline

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

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

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

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. Evidence of glaciers in areas that are now tropical. The pattern of geologically similar mountain belts on different continents.

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. The pattern of geologically similar mountain belts on different continents. The distribution of fossils of various species.