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 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. Evidence of glaciers in areas that are now tropical. The pattern of geologically similar mountain belts on different continents.

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

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

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

A.   Continental rise

B.   Continental shelf

C.   Shoreline

D.   Continental margin

E.   Continental slope

A.   South America and Africa

B.   North America and South America

C.   Africa and Australia

D.   Africa and Asia

E.   North America and Africa

A.   250

B.   400

C.   300

D.   200

E.   350

A.   Antarctica and Asia

B.   Greenland and North America

C.   Greenland and Antarctica

D.   Antarctica and North America

E.   Asia and Greenland

A.   Europe

B.   Australia

C.   Africa

D.   South America

A.   Pangaea

B.   Gondwana

C.   Laurasia

D.   Rodinia

A.   Harry Hess

B.   Sir Edward Bullard

C.   Alfred Wegener

D.   Christopher Columbus

A.   Africa

B.   Europe

C.   South America

D.   Greenland

E.   Australia

A.   Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

B.   The mechanism for the movement of the plates

C.   Glacial evidence

D.   Fossil evidence

E.   Mountain belts

A.   Alfred Wegener.

B.   John Tuzo Wilson.

C.   Harry Hess.

D.   Frederick Vine.

E.   Drummond Matthews.

A.   Matching sequences of rocks

B.   Past glacial activity

C.   Paleomagnetic reversals

D.   The fit of the continents

E.   The distribution of organisms

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

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

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

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

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

A.   the edge of the continental shelf

B.   edges at around 2,000 meters depth

C.   oceanic trenches in subduction zones

D.   current shorelines

E.   edges of the deep sea floor

A.   longitude.

B.   presence or absence of glacial debris.

C.   Earth's geologic history.

D.   latitude.

E.   plants and animals that live in an area.

A.   Earthquake distribution

B.   Magnetic pole reversals

C.   Locations of active volcanoes

D.   Shape of continental margins

E.   Seafloor magnetic patterns

A.   Drummond Matthews

B.   Alfred Wegener

C.   Harry Hess

D.   Stanley Miller

E.   Frederick Vine

A.   Gondwanaland

B.   Tethys Sea

C.   Pangaea

D.   Panthalassia

E.   Panamerica

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

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

A.   Mesosauras

B.   Archaeopteris

C.   Lepidodendron

D.   Glossopteris