GEOLOGY 1500-11 EXAM 2 CH. 2 PLATE TECTONICS QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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The idea proposed by Alfred Wegener to explain the continental shapes and positions is known
as - Answers Continental Drift
Which two are the best best examples of the "puzzle-piece" argument? - Answers South
America & Africa
What evidence, left by glaciers that supports the existence of Pangea - Answers glacial striations
(movement of glaciers)
drifted and in different places
Permian till
-found in 4 continents
Australia
India
Africa
South America
- the tills in Africa and India are now near the equator (NO ICE AGE hypothesis)
List all of the early evidence of continental drift? - Answers -Continental "Fit"
(Pangea)
- Location of glacial
(the till that was found in four diff continents)
- fossil organisms
(identical fossils found were widely separated, could not have crossed an ocean)
, - rock type & structure similarities
(rock assemblage are now on opposite sides)
-Paleoclimatic preserved in rocks
(rocks went through the same climate)
What was the name of the floral fossils Wegener used to support his idea of continental drift? -
Answers Glossopteris
plant could not across oceans
woody - seed bearing shrub or tree
found in southern continents
In the figure below, what is the approximate age of the sea floor off the north coast of Spain? -
Answers 83.0 - 141.9 million years
(Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Which type of plate boundary results from two or more plates coming together? - Answers
Convergent boundary --><--
Different types of convergent boundaries - Answers 3 types:
similarity: o-c, o-o,
cause earthquakes and volcanoes
ocean -> <- ocean
ocean -> <- continental
continental -> <- continental
ocean -> <- ocean - Answers ocean -> <- ocean
The older plate will subduct because of its higher density (weight). The subducting plate is
heated as it is forced deeper into the mantle, begins to melt.
LATEST UPDATE 2026
The idea proposed by Alfred Wegener to explain the continental shapes and positions is known
as - Answers Continental Drift
Which two are the best best examples of the "puzzle-piece" argument? - Answers South
America & Africa
What evidence, left by glaciers that supports the existence of Pangea - Answers glacial striations
(movement of glaciers)
drifted and in different places
Permian till
-found in 4 continents
Australia
India
Africa
South America
- the tills in Africa and India are now near the equator (NO ICE AGE hypothesis)
List all of the early evidence of continental drift? - Answers -Continental "Fit"
(Pangea)
- Location of glacial
(the till that was found in four diff continents)
- fossil organisms
(identical fossils found were widely separated, could not have crossed an ocean)
, - rock type & structure similarities
(rock assemblage are now on opposite sides)
-Paleoclimatic preserved in rocks
(rocks went through the same climate)
What was the name of the floral fossils Wegener used to support his idea of continental drift? -
Answers Glossopteris
plant could not across oceans
woody - seed bearing shrub or tree
found in southern continents
In the figure below, what is the approximate age of the sea floor off the north coast of Spain? -
Answers 83.0 - 141.9 million years
(Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Which type of plate boundary results from two or more plates coming together? - Answers
Convergent boundary --><--
Different types of convergent boundaries - Answers 3 types:
similarity: o-c, o-o,
cause earthquakes and volcanoes
ocean -> <- ocean
ocean -> <- continental
continental -> <- continental
ocean -> <- ocean - Answers ocean -> <- ocean
The older plate will subduct because of its higher density (weight). The subducting plate is
heated as it is forced deeper into the mantle, begins to melt.
