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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