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Which two pieces of fossil evidence support the idea of continental drift?

A
bacteria and petrified wood
B
Glossopteris and bacteria
C
Lystrosaurus and Glossopteris
D
petrified wood and Tyrannosaurus
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A plate moves 200 m in 10,000 years. What is its rate in cm/year?

A
0.02 cm/year
B
2 cm/year
C
10 cm/year
D
100 cm/year
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Which piece of evidence suggests that Africa and South America formed Gondwanaland 200 million years ago?

A
coal fields
B
a shared ocean
C
folded mountains
D
land formations created by glaciers
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Lystrosaurus provided which type of evidence supporting continental drift?

A
land features
B
fossil evidence
C
glacial evidence
D
climate change evidence
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Which three continents contain coal fields that provide evidence for continental drift?

A
Africa, Antarctica, and North America
B
Eurasia, Africa, and South America
C
Antarctica, South America, and Africa
D
South America, North America, and Eurasia
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What first caused people to consider that the continents were once one large landmass?

A
glacier evidence in warmer countries
B
continents looked like they fit together
C
studying the valleys of the ocean floor
D
similar fossils were found on many continents
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Tropical plant fossils have been found in cold Arctic islands where they cannot survive in the present-day climate of this area. According to Wegener's theory, how were these ancient tropical plants able to survive in Arctic islands?

A
Plants were more adaptable in the past.
B
The poles of Earth were warmer in the past.
C
Arctic islands were closer to the equator in the past.
D
Land movements warmed the landmasses in the past.

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