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Geography

Continental Drift Theory and its evidence

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Hard · Level 30 · dynamic earth,geological time,continental drift
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  1. Continental position can change over long geological time
  2. Continents are only colours on maps
  3. Earth has no oceans
  4. Rocks are man made
Hard · Level 30 · visual evidence,mineral evidence,coastline placer
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  1. Coastline fit and placer gold
  2. Mesosaurus and Glossopteris
  3. Tillite and glacial striation
  4. Pole fleeing and tidal force
Hard · Level 30 · pangaea,concept,fossil evidence
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  1. Correct because Pangaea was a plant
  2. Incorrect because Pangaea is an explanatory supercontinent concept
  3. Correct because Pangaea was Mesosaurus
  4. Incorrect because Pangaea was tidal force
Hard · Level 30 · scientific method,multiple evidence,hypothesis
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  1. Testing one conclusion through coastline rock fossil and climate evidences
  2. Only guessing
  3. Observing only today's weather
  4. Reading only political map
Hard · Level 30 · india drift,gondwanaland,incorrect statement
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  1. India is considered an ancient landmass linked with Gondwanaland
  2. India moved northward
  3. India's movement is linked with Himalayan context
  4. India always remained fixed west of the Atlantic
Hard · Level 30 · wegener history,plate tectonics,mobile continents
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  1. Because it began early scientific debate on continental mobility
  2. Because it denied plates
  3. Because it removed oceans
  4. Because it called fossils impossible
Hard · Level 30 · biological evidence,geological evidence,mesosaurus rock
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  1. Mesosaurus and similar rock structure
  2. Panthalassa and tidal force
  3. Tethys and pole fleeing
  4. Today's rainfall and city
Hard · Level 30 · mature conclusion,evidence,mechanism
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  1. Both support from evidences and historical weakness of mechanism
  2. Only that there was no evidence
  3. Only that Earth is fixed
  4. Only that weather changes
Hard · Level 30 · continental drift theory,wegener,mesosaurus,fossil evidence,driving forces,geography class 11
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  1. Tillite is evidence of glacial action
  2. Mesosaurus was a force that moved continents
  3. Pole-fleeing force was one of the driving forces proposed by Wegener
  4. Similarity of rocks across continents is geological evidence
Hard · Level 30 · final evaluation,continental drift,plate tectonics
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  1. It was an evidence based early hypothesis whose mechanism was given by modern plate tectonics
  2. It was only a religious story
  3. It was an idea saying continents are fixed
  4. It was only a theory of daily weather
Expert · Level 28 · continental drift,wegener,pangaea
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  1. All continents were once parts of one united landmass
  2. Oceans always remained in their present shape
  3. The Himalayas are the oldest mountains
  4. The ocean floor is fixed and unchanging
Expert · Level 28 · panthalassa,pangaea,wegener
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  1. Tethys
  2. Panthalassa
  3. Laurasia
  4. Gondwanaland
Expert · Level 28 · laurasia,pangaea,continental drift
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  1. Gondwanaland
  2. Tethys Sea
  3. Laurasia
  4. Panthalassa
Expert · Level 28 · gondwanaland,southern continents,india
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  1. North America and Europe
  2. Greenland and Siberia
  3. Arctic islands and Japan
  4. South America Africa India Australia and Antarctica
Expert · Level 28 · jigsaw fit,south america,africa
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  1. Jigsaw fit or coastal matching
  2. Tidal force
  3. Pole-fleeing force
  4. Seismic wave
Expert · Level 28 · continental shelf,jigsaw fit,evidence
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  1. Present political boundaries
  2. Edges of continental shelves
  3. Direction of ocean currents
  4. Desert boundaries
Expert · Level 28 · rock evidence,brazil,africa
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  1. They prove recent formation of oceans
  2. They indicate former contact between the two landmasses
  3. They prove lunar tides
  4. They show only climate change
Expert · Level 28 · tillite,glacial evidence,gondwana
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  1. Widespread glacial condition
  2. Tropical rainforest
  3. Marine coral deposit
  4. Dry volcanic plain
Expert · Level 28 · glacial striations,gondwana,evidence
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  1. They stop Earth's rotation
  2. They show the possibility of one ancient ice sheet
  3. They reduce ocean salinity
  4. They explain monsoon origin
Expert · Level 28 · mesosaurus,fossil evidence,brazil,south africa
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  1. Because it is found only in high mountains
  2. Because it could easily cross deep oceans
  3. Because its fossils are found in Brazil and South Africa
  4. Because it was a modern bird