Chapter 2 Plate Tectonics

A  Archaeopteris

B  Glossopteris

C  Mesosauras

D  Lepidodendron

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  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  Panthalassia

B  Panamerica

C  Pangaea

D  Tethys Sea

E  Gondwanaland

A  Drummond Matthews

B  Stanley Miller

C  Frederick Vine

D  Alfred Wegener

E  Harry Hess

A  Earthquake distribution

B  Magnetic pole reversals

C  Shape of continental margins

D  Locations of active volcanoes

E  Seafloor magnetic patterns

A  plants and animals that live in an area.

B  presence or absence of glacial debris.

C  Earth’s geologic history.

D  longitude.

E  latitude.

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

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

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

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

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

A  The fit of the continents

B  Paleomagnetic reversals

C  Matching sequences of rocks

D  Past glacial activity

E  The distribution of organisms

A  Frederick Vine.

B  Alfred Wegener.

C  Drummond Matthews.

D  Harry Hess.

E  John Tuzo Wilson.

A  Mountain belts

B  Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

C  The mechanism for the movement of the plates

D  Fossil evidence

E  Glacial evidence

A  Africa

B  Greenland

C  Australia

D  Europe

E  South America

A  Christopher Columbus

B  Sir Edward Bullard

C  Alfred Wegener

D  Harry Hess

A  Pangaea

B  Gondwana

C  Rodinia

D  Laurasia

A  Europe

B  South America

C  Africa

D  Australia

A  Antarctica and North America

B  Greenland and North America

C  Antarctica and Asia

D  Asia and Greenland

E  Greenland and Antarctica

A  400

B  200

C  250

D  350

E  300

A  Africa and Asia

B  North America and South America

C  North America and Africa

D  Africa and Australia

E  South America and Africa

A  Continental margin

B  Continental shelf

C  Continental slope

D  Shoreline

E  Continental rise

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

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

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

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  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

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.