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.   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 composition of meteors from outer space. The pattern of geologically similar mountain belts on different continents. The distribution of fossils of various species.

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

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

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

A.   Continental slope

B.   Continental shelf

C.   Continental margin

D.   Continental rise

E.   Shoreline

A.   Africa and Australia

B.   Africa and Asia

C.   South America and Africa

D.   North America and Africa

E.   North America and South America

A.   250

B.   350

C.   300

D.   400

E.   200

A.   Greenland and Antarctica

B.   Greenland and North America

C.   Antarctica and North America

D.   Antarctica and Asia

E.   Asia and Greenland

A.   Australia

B.   South America

C.   Europe

D.   Africa

A.   Rodinia

B.   Gondwana

C.   Laurasia

D.   Pangaea

A.   Alfred Wegener

B.   Sir Edward Bullard

C.   Harry Hess

D.   Christopher Columbus

A.   Africa

B.   South America

C.   Greenland

D.   Europe

E.   Australia

A.   Fossil evidence

B.   The mechanism for the movement of the plates

C.   Glacial evidence

D.   Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

E.   Mountain belts

A.   Alfred Wegener.

B.   Frederick Vine.

C.   Harry Hess.

D.   John Tuzo Wilson.

E.   Drummond Matthews.

A.   Matching sequences of rocks

B.   Paleomagnetic reversals

C.   The fit of the continents

D.   The distribution of organisms

E.   Past glacial activity

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

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

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

A.   oceanic trenches in subduction zones

B.   the edge of the continental shelf

C.   edges at around 2,000 meters depth

D.   current shorelines

E.   edges of the deep sea floor

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.   Locations of active volcanoes

B.   Seafloor magnetic patterns

C.   Earthquake distribution

D.   Magnetic pole reversals

E.   Shape of continental margins

A.   Drummond Matthews

B.   Stanley Miller

C.   Alfred Wegener

D.   Harry Hess

E.   Frederick Vine

A.   Gondwanaland

B.   Panthalassia

C.   Pangaea

D.   Panamerica

E.   Tethys Sea

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

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

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.   Lepidodendron

B.   Archaeopteris

C.   Mesosauras

D.   Glossopteris