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Geography

Continental Drift Theory and its evidence

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Expert · Level 28 · ocean floor,limitation,wegener
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  1. Because sufficient knowledge about the nature and movement of ocean floor was unavailable
  2. Because oceans were not on Earth
  3. Because ocean floor is made only of ice
  4. Because Wegener did not name any ocean
Expert · Level 28 · atlantic ocean,africa,south america,drift
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  1. Result of separation of formerly joined landmasses
  2. Result of the Moon hitting Earth
  3. Result of the Himalayas melting
  4. A valley suddenly cut by rivers
Expert · Level 28 · gps,original evidence,continental drift
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  1. Matching of continental margins
  2. Fossil similarity
  3. Modern satellite-based GPS velocities
  4. Ancient glacial deposits
Expert · Level 28 · climatic evidence,latitude,palaeoclimate
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  1. Ancient climate signs are found inconsistent with present latitude
  2. All continents get the same rainfall
  3. Winds push continents daily
  4. Sea salt creates climate
Expert · Level 28 · movement direction,forces,wegener
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  1. Direction and forces of continental drift
  2. River meandering
  3. Population migration
  4. Seasonal rainfall
Expert · Level 28 · scientific evidence,continental drift,wegener
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  1. Multiple independent evidences were presented for it
  2. It had no geological fact
  3. It was based only on poetry
  4. It was unrelated to maps
Expert · Level 28 · madagascar,india,africa,gondwana
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  1. Breakup of Gondwanaland
  2. Freezing of Arctic Ocean
  3. Complete sinking of Europe
  4. Frequency of lunar eclipse
Expert · Level 28 · balanced criticism,evidence,mechanism
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  1. He gave useful evidence but did not explain adequate driving force
  2. Every fact of his was wrong
  3. He never discussed Pangaea
  4. His theory was only meteorology
Expert · Level 28 · pangaea,supercontinent,definition
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  1. One huge united landmass
  2. A modern ocean
  3. A volcanic island
  4. A glacial river
Expert · Level 28 · mountain belts,structural evidence,drift
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  1. They may once have been parts of one structural belt
  2. They formed only by ocean currents
  3. They were built by humans
  4. They formed instantly by weather
Expert · Level 28 · ocean distribution,pangaea breakup,drift
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  1. New oceanic gaps developed and old connections broke
  2. All oceans disappeared
  3. Oceans changed into mountains
  4. Oceans changed only into rivers
Expert · Level 28 · digital fit,continental margins,africa,south america
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  1. Matching of continental margins does not appear merely accidental
  2. Continents are perfectly circular
  3. Oceans are fixed ice
  4. Shorelines never change
Expert · Level 28 · multidisciplinary evidence,geology,fossils,climate
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  1. It uses geological fossil climatic and cartographic clues
  2. It contains only politics
  3. It contains only mathematical taxation
  4. It contains only modern satellites
Expert · Level 28 · revolutionary theory,fixed continents,wegener
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  1. It challenged the idea of fixed continents
  2. It called Earth a small planet
  3. It placed oceans in the sky
  4. It denied the existence of rocks
Expert · Level 28 · tillite,widespread glaciation,gondwana
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  1. Because its wide distribution indicates a united glacial region
  2. Because tillite is sea salt
  3. Because tillite is modern industrial waste
  4. Because tillite only flies in deserts
Expert · Level 28 · horizontal movement,continental drift,concept
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  1. Mainly horizontal movement
  2. Mainly plant growth
  3. Mainly atmospheric condensation
  4. Mainly change in ocean colour
Expert · Level 28 · tidal force,criticism,insufficient force
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  1. It was too weak by calculation for such large continental displacement
  2. It was not related to the Moon
  3. It only formed fossils
  4. It made oceans disappear
Expert · Level 28 · tethys,mountain building,himalaya
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  1. Sediments of the Tethys region later became involved in mountain building by compression
  2. Tethys covered the Sun
  3. Tethys erased all fossils
  4. Tethys was always empty space
Expert · Level 28 · chronology,wegener,plate tectonics
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  1. Distinguish Wegener's evidence from later plate tectonics
  2. Treat every modern term as Wegener's original term
  3. Call fossils climatic evidence
  4. Call Pangaea an ocean
Expert · Level 28 · wegener contribution,dynamic earth,continental drift
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  1. The idea of mobile continents and collection of supporting evidence
  2. Explaining the colour of seawater
  3. Explaining farming in river valleys
  4. Making a daily list of atmospheric pressure