Chapter 2 Plate Tectonics

A  Mesosauras

B  Lepidodendron

C  Archaeopteris

D  Glossopteris

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

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

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

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

A  Panamerica

B  Gondwanaland

C  Pangaea

D  Panthalassia

E  Tethys Sea

A  Stanley Miller

B  Drummond Matthews

C  Alfred Wegener

D  Frederick Vine

E  Harry Hess

A  Shape of continental margins

B  Locations of active volcanoes

C  Seafloor magnetic patterns

D  Magnetic pole reversals

E  Earthquake distribution

A  longitude.

B  Earth’s geologic history.

C  plants and animals that live in an area.

D  latitude.

E  presence or absence of glacial debris.

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

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

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

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

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

A  Matching sequences of rocks

B  The fit of the continents

C  The distribution of organisms

D  Past glacial activity

E  Paleomagnetic reversals

A  John Tuzo Wilson.

B  Frederick Vine.

C  Drummond Matthews.

D  Harry Hess.

E  Alfred Wegener.

A  The mechanism for the movement of the plates

B  Glacial evidence

C  Fossil evidence

D  Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

E  Mountain belts

A  Australia

B  South America

C  Greenland

D  Africa

E  Europe

A  Sir Edward Bullard

B  Christopher Columbus

C  Alfred Wegener

D  Harry Hess

A  Gondwana

B  Rodinia

C  Laurasia

D  Pangaea

A  Africa

B  Australia

C  Europe

D  South America

A  Greenland and North America

B  Antarctica and Asia

C  Asia and Greenland

D  Greenland and Antarctica

E  Antarctica and North America

A  300

B  200

C  400

D  350

E  250

A  North America and Africa

B  Africa and Asia

C  North America and South America

D  Africa and Australia

E  South America and Africa

A  Continental margin

B  Continental shelf

C  Continental rise

D  Continental slope

E  Shoreline

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

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

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

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

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

A  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.

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  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