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Geography

Continental Drift Theory and its evidence

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Expert · Level 29 · fixed continents,mobility,geological time
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  1. He suggested continents can change position over geological time
  2. He said continents are water
  3. He said oceans are absent
  4. He said there are no rocks on Earth
Expert · Level 29 · original evidence,wegener,coastal rocks fossils
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  1. Coastal fit rock similarity fossils and glacial evidence
  2. Satellite motion GPS and radar
  3. Weather apps and modern sensors
  4. Census maps and transport
Expert · Level 29 · pangaea reconstruction,former connection,model
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  1. To show present continents in their possible former united form
  2. To reduce river length
  3. To make weather forecasts
  4. To change ocean colour
Expert · Level 29 · fossil evidence,geological evidence,reliability
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  1. So that the explanation of former connection becomes more reliable
  2. So that fossils change colour
  3. So that oceans dry up
  4. So that Earth's rotation stops
Expert · Level 29 · wegener contribution,limitation,balanced evaluation
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  1. His evidences were important but the mechanism of movement was incomplete
  2. He gave no evidence
  3. He used all modern instruments
  4. He called oceans landmasses
Expert · Level 29 · southern hemisphere,gondwana,evidence
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  1. Similar fossils and glacial evidence are widespread in Gondwana lands
  2. There are no rocks in the Southern Hemisphere
  3. There are no oceans in the Southern Hemisphere
  4. Gondwana is a modern city
Expert · Level 29 · expert analysis,evidence limitation,continental drift
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  1. Analysis of evidences along with their limitations
  2. Memorizing only the definition
  3. Drawing only Pangaea
  4. Writing only the ocean name
Expert · Level 29 · rejection,driving forces,criticism
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  1. Inadequate explanation of driving forces
  2. No mention of Pangaea
  3. Absence of fossil evidence
  4. Complete absence of coastal similarity
Expert · Level 29 · logical chain,evidence order,exam answer
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  1. Coastal clue then rock and fossil similarity then palaeoclimatic support
  2. Rainfall then trade then population
  3. Eclipse then river then city
  4. Soil colour then crop then tax
Expert · Level 29 · mature understanding,wegener,plate tectonics foundation
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  1. It was an evidence-based theory with an incomplete mechanism but high influence
  2. It was a myth without evidence
  3. It was only a rule of maritime trade
  4. It was a modern GPS theory
Expert · Level 30 · wegener,continental mobility,geological time
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  1. Continents changed position over geological time
  2. Continents change shape daily
  3. Oceans are formed only by rivers
  4. Mountains are formed only by wind
Expert · Level 30 · pangaea reconstruction,continental margins,visual evidence
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  1. It shows only political boundaries
  2. It indicates old geometric connection of separated landmasses
  3. It tells ocean salinity
  4. It measures rainfall amount
Expert · Level 30 · continental shelf,shoreline,geological fit
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  1. Shorelines never change by weather
  2. Shelf is the boundary of modern countries
  3. Shelf shows the real geological continental extension
  4. Shelf is only the home of marine organisms
Expert · Level 30 · panthalassa,pangaea,primeval ocean
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  1. It was a mountainous part of Laurasia
  2. It was the ice sheet of Gondwana
  3. It was a river of Tethys
  4. It was the primeval global ocean Panthalassa
Expert · Level 30 · tethys,laurasia,gondwanaland,mountain building
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  1. In understanding the background of mountain building
  2. In understanding modern census
  3. In understanding river pollution
  4. In understanding marine tourism
Expert · Level 30 · gondwana,tillite,glacial evidence
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  1. They are the same country today
  2. They may once have been parts of a connected cold region
  3. They were floating islands in the sea
  4. They were only deserts
Expert · Level 30 · glacial striations,ice movement,directional evidence
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  1. Present direction of rainfall
  2. Direction of population migration
  3. Organized direction of ancient ice movement
  4. Current of seawater
Expert · Level 30 · mesosaurus,fossil evidence,former connection
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  1. Because it only flew in air
  2. Because it was a modern marine whale
  3. Because it could cut mountains
  4. Because it was not an organism capable of crossing deep oceans
Expert · Level 30 · glossopteris,plant fossil,gondwana
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  1. Ancient Gondwana relation of southern landmasses
  2. Permanent freezing of oceans
  3. Reverse flow of rivers
  4. Development of modern cities
Expert · Level 30 · rock age,rock structure,geological continuity
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  1. It tells daily weather condition
  2. It shows geological continuity across separated continents
  3. It tells the number of marine fish
  4. It tells population density