Geology Review Questions
11. The Pacific Ocean is getting wider. True False
12. The Atlantic Ocean is getting wider. True False
13. London and New York are getting further apart by about 2 inches per year. True False
14. San Francisco and Tokyo are getting closer together each year. True False
15. The Pacific Ocean is what is left of Panthalassa, the one ocean when Pangea existed. True False
16. The Appalachian Mountains formed when Pangea came together. True False
17. The Appalachian mountains are older than the rivers which flow through the Appalachian water gaps. True False
18. The rocks of the Appalachian mountains match rocks in the eroded mountains of the British Isles and Scandanavia. True False
19. Apparent Polar Wandering is evidence that is not explained by Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics. True False
20. If the continents never moved, and if Continental Drift never happened, then Apparent Polar Wander Curves would indicate that each continent recorded a different magnetic north pole. True False
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