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

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

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

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

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 shelf

B.   Continental slope

C.   Continental rise

D.   Continental margin

E.   Shoreline

A.   North America and South America

B.   South America and Africa

C.   Africa and Asia

D.   Africa and Australia

E.   North America and Africa

A.   250

B.   350

C.   300

D.   400

E.   200

A.   Greenland and North America

B.   Antarctica and North America

C.   Antarctica and Asia

D.   Asia and Greenland

E.   Greenland and Antarctica

A.   South America

B.   Australia

C.   Africa

D.   Europe

A.   Gondwana

B.   Laurasia

C.   Rodinia

D.   Pangaea

A.   Alfred Wegener

B.   Sir Edward Bullard

C.   Harry Hess

D.   Christopher Columbus

A.   South America

B.   Africa

C.   Australia

D.   Greenland

E.   Europe

A.   Mountain belts

B.   Continents fitting together like a puzzle piece

C.   The mechanism for the movement of the plates

D.   Fossil evidence

E.   Glacial evidence

A.   John Tuzo Wilson.

B.   Frederick Vine.

C.   Alfred Wegener.

D.   Harry Hess.

E.   Drummond Matthews.

A.   Paleomagnetic reversals

B.   Matching sequences of rocks

C.   The distribution of organisms

D.   Past glacial activity

E.   The fit of the continents

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

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

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

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

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 of the deep sea floor

D.   current shorelines

E.   edges at around 2,000 meters depth

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.   Earthquake distribution

B.   Shape of continental margins

C.   Seafloor magnetic patterns

D.   Locations of active volcanoes

E.   Magnetic pole reversals

A.   Harry Hess

B.   Drummond Matthews

C.   Alfred Wegener

D.   Stanley Miller

E.   Frederick Vine

A.   Gondwanaland

B.   Tethys Sea

C.   Panamerica

D.   Panthalassia

E.   Pangaea

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

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

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

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

A.   Glossopteris

B.   Lepidodendron

C.   Archaeopteris

D.   Mesosauras