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

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Continental rise

B.   Continental slope

C.   Continental margin

D.   Shoreline

E.   Continental shelf

A.   Africa and Asia

B.   Africa and Australia

C.   South America and Africa

D.   North America and South America

E.   North America and Africa

A.   400

B.   300

C.   250

D.   200

E.   350

A.   Asia and Greenland

B.   Greenland and North America

C.   Antarctica and Asia

D.   Antarctica and North America

E.   Greenland and Antarctica

A.   South America

B.   Africa

C.   Europe

D.   Australia

A.   Laurasia

B.   Gondwana

C.   Pangaea

D.   Rodinia

A.   Sir Edward Bullard

B.   Alfred Wegener

C.   Harry Hess

D.   Christopher Columbus

A.   South America

B.   Australia

C.   Africa

D.   Europe

E.   Greenland

A.   The mechanism for the movement of the plates

B.   Glacial evidence

C.   Fossil evidence

D.   Mountain belts

E.   Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

A.   Harry Hess.

B.   John Tuzo Wilson.

C.   Drummond Matthews.

D.   Alfred Wegener.

E.   Frederick Vine.

A.   The distribution of organisms

B.   Past glacial activity

C.   Matching sequences of rocks

D.   Paleomagnetic reversals

E.   The fit of the continents

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

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

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

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

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

A.   the edge of the continental shelf

B.   edges at around 2,000 meters depth

C.   edges of the deep sea floor

D.   current shorelines

E.   oceanic trenches in subduction zones

A.   plants and animals that live in an area.

B.   longitude.

C.   latitude.

D.   presence or absence of glacial debris.

E.   Earth's geologic history.

A.   Seafloor magnetic patterns

B.   Locations of active volcanoes

C.   Earthquake distribution

D.   Magnetic pole reversals

E.   Shape of continental margins

A.   Drummond Matthews

B.   Harry Hess

C.   Alfred Wegener

D.   Stanley Miller

E.   Frederick Vine

A.   Panamerica

B.   Panthalassia

C.   Pangaea

D.   Tethys Sea

E.   Gondwanaland

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

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

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

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

A.   Glossopteris

B.   Lepidodendron

C.   Mesosauras

D.   Archaeopteris