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Geography

Continental Drift Theory and its evidence

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Hard · Level 30 · cause evidence,pole fleeing,mesosaurus
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  1. Mesosaurus is driving force and tidal force is fossil
  2. Pole fleeing is proposed cause and Mesosaurus is fossil evidence
  3. Tillite is tidal force and Pangaea is plant
  4. Panthalassa is glacial striation and Tethys is mineral
Hard · Level 30 · independent evidences,hypothesis,continental drift
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  1. They strengthen the old connection hypothesis from different sources
  2. They limit the theory only to weather
  3. They prove continents fixed
  4. They make Panthalassa a fossil
Hard · Level 30 · paleoclimate,wrong interpretation,weather
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  1. Glacial deposits show old climatic zones
  2. Coal may indicate old vegetated environment
  3. Paleoclimate is today's daily weather forecast
  4. Glacial striations may indicate old glacier flow
Hard · Level 30 · pangaea,mesosaurus,concept evidence
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  1. Pangaea is explanatory concept and Mesosaurus is fossil evidence
  2. Both are oceans
  3. Both are tidal forces
  4. Both are glacial deposits
Hard · Level 30 · gondwanaland,glossopteris,tillite
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  1. Glossopteris tillite and southern glacial marks
  2. Modern cities and industries
  3. Panthalassa and modern trade
  4. Tidal force and population
Hard · Level 30 · atlantic,rock evidence,coastline fit
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  1. Possibility of old geological connection between Africa and South America
  2. Atlantic being a modern river
  3. Europe being Gondwanaland
  4. Coasts having only same colour
Hard · Level 30 · academic evaluation,wegener,criticism
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  1. He gave an important evidence based idea but mechanism was weak
  2. He gave no evidence
  3. He proved Earth fixed
  4. He explained only agriculture
Hard · Level 30 · wegener evaluation,plate tectonics,modern mechanism
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  1. His theory had no evidence
  2. He called continents fixed
  3. He gave important evidences but modern mechanism was clarified by plate tectonics
  4. He explained only daily weather
Hard · Level 30 · continental drift theory,evidence of continental drift,fossil evidence,glacial evidence,mineral evidence,plate tectonics
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  1. Fossil evidence—Mesosaurus
  2. Glacial evidence—Tillite
  3. Mineral evidence—Placer gold deposits in Ghana
  4. Plant fossil evidence—Tethys
Hard · Level 30 · oversimplification,coastline fit,evidence
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  1. The theory was fully proved only by coastline fit
  2. Coastline fit gives visual clue
  3. Fossil similarity indicates old contact
  4. Rock similarity shows geological relation
Hard · Level 30 · pangaea,panthalassa,continental drift theory,wegener,supercontinent,historical geography
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  1. Panthalassa was the joined landmass and Pangaea was the ocean
  2. Pangaea was the joined landmass and Panthalassa was the surrounding ocean
  3. Pangaea was an ancient mountain range and Panthalassa was a plateau
  4. Pangaea was a glacial deposit and Panthalassa was a fossil region
Hard · Level 30 · india,gondwanaland,himalaya
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  1. India's southern origin and northward movement leading to collision
  2. India was always in Europe
  3. India was Panthalassa
  4. Himalaya formed only by river
Hard · Level 30 · tillite,mesosaurus,evidence category
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  1. Tillite and Mesosaurus
  2. Panthalassa and Tethys
  3. Pole fleeing and tidal force
  4. Laurasia and Pangaea
Hard · Level 30 · comparative evidence,wegener,method
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  1. Observing rainfall of one city
  2. Comparing coastline rock fossil and climatic clues of different continents
  3. Measuring length of one river
  4. Observing soil of one field
Hard · Level 30 · paleogeography,present position,continental drift
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  1. Because former positions and climates of landmasses may have been different
  2. Because no maps are made of Earth
  3. Because rocks do not exist
  4. Because fossils are always modern
Hard · Level 30 · evidence,plate tectonics,mechanism
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  1. Wegener's evidence shows old connection and plate tectonics explains movement mechanism
  2. Wegener's evidence shows politics
  3. Plate tectonics rejects fossils
  4. Modern explanation calls continents fixed
Hard · Level 30 · wegener criticism,evidence,mechanism
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  1. Main criticism was weakness of driving force
  2. Mechanism was unclear despite evidences
  3. Wegener had no evidence at all
  4. Direct drifting over ocean floor was considered difficult
Hard · Level 30 · fossil evidence,distribution,geological context
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  1. When similar fossils occur on distant separate continents in similar geological context
  2. When fossils occur at only one place
  3. When fossil has no relation with geography
  4. When fossil is modern plastic
Hard · Level 30 · rock evidence,age structure,geology
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  1. Age structure and continuity of rocks
  2. Size of cities
  3. Today's rainfall
  4. Colour of sea
Hard · Level 30 · tethys,panthalassa,location
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  1. Tethys was the middle sea and Panthalassa the outer ocean surrounding Pangaea
  2. Both are modern cities
  3. Both are plant fossils
  4. Both are polar forces