Chapter 2 Plate Tectonics

A  Glossopteris

B  Archaeopteris

C  Lepidodendron

D  Mesosauras

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

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

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

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

A  Panamerica

B  Pangaea

C  Panthalassia

D  Tethys Sea

E  Gondwanaland

A  Harry Hess

B  Stanley Miller

C  Alfred Wegener

D  Drummond Matthews

E  Frederick Vine

A  Seafloor magnetic patterns

B  Locations of active volcanoes

C  Shape of continental margins

D  Earthquake distribution

E  Magnetic pole reversals

A  presence or absence of glacial debris.

B  Earth’s geologic history.

C  longitude.

D  latitude.

E  plants and animals that live in an area.

A  oceanic trenches in subduction zones

B  edges at around 2,000 meters depth

C  edges of the deep sea floor

D  current shorelines

E  the edge of the continental shelf

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

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

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

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

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

A  The fit of the continents

B  Matching sequences of rocks

C  The distribution of organisms

D  Past glacial activity

E  Paleomagnetic reversals

A  Harry Hess.

B  Frederick Vine.

C  John Tuzo Wilson.

D  Alfred Wegener.

E  Drummond Matthews.

A  Fossil evidence

B  The mechanism for the movement of the plates

C  Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

D  Mountain belts

E  Glacial evidence

A  Greenland

B  South America

C  Australia

D  Europe

E  Africa

A  Harry Hess

B  Alfred Wegener

C  Sir Edward Bullard

D  Christopher Columbus

A  Pangaea

B  Laurasia

C  Gondwana

D  Rodinia

A  Australia

B  South America

C  Africa

D  Europe

A  Greenland and North America

B  Antarctica and North America

C  Asia and Greenland

D  Antarctica and Asia

E  Greenland and Antarctica

A  350

B  250

C  300

D  400

E  200

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  Continental shelf

B  Shoreline

C  Continental slope

D  Continental rise

E  Continental margin

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  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  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. 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  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.