Dynamic Earth Full Review

According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

• Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

• Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

• Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

• South America and Africa were once connected together.

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The Appalachian Mountains in the U.S. match up with a similar mountain ranges in northern Europe. How does this support Wegener's theory of Continental Drift?

• The mountains were formed after tectonic plates had moved away from each other

• The similarities provide evidence North America & Europe were connected when the mountains formed.

• Similar rock samples were found on the ocean floor and at the two mountain ranges indicating that they both formed around the same time.

• This evidence does not support the theory of continental drift.

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What type of evidence was used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis? (Select 3)

• evidence from landforms / geology

• evidence from fossils

• evidence from human remains

• evidence from climate

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Alfred Wegener used all of the following for evidence of his idea EXCEPT...

• The shapes of the continents fitting together like a puzzle

• Similar fossils on different continents

• Comparable modern weather patterns on different continents

• Similar rock formations on different continents

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Alternating parallel bands of normal and reversed magnetic polarity are found in the basaltic bedrock on either side of the

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Yellowstone Hot Spot

• San Andreas Fault

• Peru-Chile Trench

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Which observation about the Mid-Atlantic Ridge region provides the best evidence that the seafloor has been spreading for millions of years?

• the bedrock of the ridge and nearby seafloor is igneous rock

• the ridge is the location of irregular volcanic eruptions

• several faults cut across the ridge and nearby seafloor

• seafloor bedrock is younger near the ridge and older farther away

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Which diagram below best represents the pattern of magnetic orientation in the seafloor on the west (left) side of the ocean ridge?

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Which inference can best be made from the diagram?

• The orientation of the Earth's magnetic field has reversed with time.

• The size of the continents has changed with time.

• The elevation of sea level has changed with time.

• The amount of fossil material preserved in the igneous rock has changed with time.

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What formed the Hawaiian Islands?

• Mantle Hot Spot

• Trench

• Subduction

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess

• Neils Bohr

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

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