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

B.   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

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 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.

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

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

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

A.   Continental margin

B.   Continental shelf

C.   Shoreline

D.   Continental rise

E.   Continental slope

A.   North America and Africa

B.   North America and South America

C.   Africa and Asia

D.   South America and Africa

E.   Africa and Australia

A.   400

B.   250

C.   350

D.   300

E.   200

A.   Antarctica and North America

B.   Greenland and North America

C.   Greenland and Antarctica

D.   Asia and Greenland

E.   Antarctica and Asia

A.   Australia

B.   South America

C.   Africa

D.   Europe

A.   Pangaea

B.   Laurasia

C.   Gondwana

D.   Rodinia

A.   Sir Edward Bullard

B.   Harry Hess

C.   Christopher Columbus

D.   Alfred Wegener

A.   Africa

B.   Europe

C.   South America

D.   Greenland

E.   Australia

A.   Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

B.   Fossil evidence

C.   Mountain belts

D.   The mechanism for the movement of the plates

E.   Glacial evidence

A.   Harry Hess.

B.   Alfred Wegener.

C.   Frederick Vine.

D.   Drummond Matthews.

E.   John Tuzo Wilson.

A.   The distribution of organisms

B.   The fit of the continents

C.   Matching sequences of rocks

D.   Past glacial activity

E.   Paleomagnetic reversals

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

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

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

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

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

A.   oceanic trenches in subduction zones

B.   the edge of the continental shelf

C.   edges of the deep sea floor

D.   current shorelines

E.   edges at around 2,000 meters depth

A.   plants and animals that live in an area.

B.   latitude.

C.   Earth's geologic history.

D.   longitude.

E.   presence or absence of glacial debris.

A.   Earthquake distribution

B.   Seafloor magnetic patterns

C.   Magnetic pole reversals

D.   Shape of continental margins

E.   Locations of active volcanoes

A.   Stanley Miller

B.   Frederick Vine

C.   Alfred Wegener

D.   Harry Hess

E.   Drummond Matthews

A.   Panamerica

B.   Pangaea

C.   Tethys Sea

D.   Gondwanaland

E.   Panthalassia

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

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

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

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

A.   Mesosauras

B.   Archaeopteris

C.   Lepidodendron

D.   Glossopteris