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Continental Drift
Test Description: Stepping stones to the theory of Plate Tectonics
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1) German meteorologist who collected evidence to prove his theory of continental drift
A
Arthur Holmes
B
Alfred Wegener
C
William Pickering
D
Harry Hess
2) All the continents joined together as one was called
A
Gondwanaland
B
Pangaea
C
Continata Majora
D
Laurasia
3) The existence of this fossil was evidence that Antarctica was once at a warmer latitude
A
Cynagnathus
B
Glossopteris
C
Lystrasaurus
D
Cycad
4) The mountain chains in Greenland and Europe matched up with
A
the Cascades in North America
B
the Andes in South America
C
the Himalayas in India
D
the Appalachians in North America
5) The matching glacial grooves and erosion patterns on several different continents were an important piece of Wegener's
A
climate evidence
B
fossil evidence
C
rock evidence
D
did not prove anything
6) Wegener's theory of continental drift was not accepted because
A
he could not provide an explanation of how continents moved
B
he did not have enough evidence
C
he was unqualified
D
he had too many different types of evidence
7) After WWII, advances in technology allowed the further study of _______ which provided more evidence in support of Wegener's theory
A
deep underground caves
B
mountains high above sea level
C
other planets in the solar system
D
the ocean floor
8) Exploration of the ocean floor led to the idea of sea floor spreading. This theory is supported by the fact that
A
rock near mid ocean ridges are older than rock near trenches
B
rock is the same along the entire ocean floor
C
sediment is much thicker near mid ocean ridges than near trenches
D
aligned magnetic minerals occur in matching bands on either side of mid ocean ridges
9) At a mid ocean ridge, it was determined that
A
all of the above
B
giant trenches form
C
new crust forms and pushes away the old crust
D
old sea floor sinks and melts back into the mantle
10) Sea floor spreading led to the development of the theory of plate tectonics. This theory states that
A
the continents move through the sea floor
B
The lithosphere is broken up into pieces that move slowly along the surface of the earth
C
the plates move due to the force from the rotation of the earth
D
as new sea floor is forms, it generates movement of the continents
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