Geography
Continental Drift Theory and its evidence
Practice questions
India separating from Gondwana and moving north is indirectly supported by which evidence?What was the basic importance of Wegener's book?At the time of Wegener's theory what was the scientific community's main objection focused on?How did later plate tectonics advance Wegener's theory?How did the discovery of seafloor spreading give new support to Wegener's idea?Why can seafloor spreading not be treated as direct evidence in Wegener's original theory?How did palaeomagnetic stripes later strengthen the idea of continental movement?What was the relation of Arthur Holmes's convection current hypothesis with Wegener's theory?How should the scientific legacy of Continental Drift Theory be understood?Why should fossil distribution alone be read carefully in evidence of continental drift?If a student writes Pangaea as an ocean what is the correct correction?Why is India important in identifying Gondwanaland?Why is the breakup of Pangaea not understood as a complete one-time event in Wegener's theory?Why is relying only on the present map insufficient for explaining continental drift?Wegener mainly saw continental drift as a solution to what kind of geological problem?On what basis is the climatic evidence argument formed in Continental Drift Theory?Which statement shows a proper exam approach toward Continental Drift Theory?What do similar Permo-Carboniferous glacial deposits on separated continents indicate?What is the main difference between fossil evidence in continental drift theory and the land bridge idea?If geological margins of Africa and South America fit what hypothesis does it strengthen?