PHSC 210 CH 4-6 Exam Questions and
Answers
Antonio Ortellius - Answer-noticed that North and South American coastlines kind of matched Europe
and Africa; proposed that these continents split in the past
Francis Bacon - Answer-British philosopher
Antonio Snider-Pellegrini - Answer-published his ideas on catastrophic continental movements; French
cartographer
Alfred Wegener - Answer-meteorologist/geophysicist; published the idea of Continental Drift
Continental Drift - Answer-proposes that all continents split from an earlier "supercontinent" called
Pangaea
Pangaea - Answer-means "all land"
, "fit" of continents; matching geology across the Atlantic; distribution of fossils; distribution of living
organisms; ancient climate - Answer-Wegener's evidence for Continental Drift
Bathymetry - Answer-underwater geography
continental shelf; continental margin; abyssal plain; deep ocean trenches; ocean ridge - Answer-
development of sonar showed us what
basalt - Answer-what the ocean floor (deep abyssal plain) is made out of
paleomagnetism - Answer-record of earth's magnetic field trapped in rocks
Harry Hess - Answer-proposed idea of plate tectonics
divergent, convergent, transform - Answer-types of plate boundaries
divergent - Answer-includes oceanic-oceanic boundaries and continental rift valley
convergent - Answer-includes oceanic-continental, oceanic-oceanic, and continental-continental
boundaries
Cascades, Andes - Answer-examples of oceanic-continental convergence
Philippines, Japan, New Zealand - Answer-examples of oceanic-oceanic convergence
transform - Answer-boundaries near ocean ridges, along continents
Answers
Antonio Ortellius - Answer-noticed that North and South American coastlines kind of matched Europe
and Africa; proposed that these continents split in the past
Francis Bacon - Answer-British philosopher
Antonio Snider-Pellegrini - Answer-published his ideas on catastrophic continental movements; French
cartographer
Alfred Wegener - Answer-meteorologist/geophysicist; published the idea of Continental Drift
Continental Drift - Answer-proposes that all continents split from an earlier "supercontinent" called
Pangaea
Pangaea - Answer-means "all land"
, "fit" of continents; matching geology across the Atlantic; distribution of fossils; distribution of living
organisms; ancient climate - Answer-Wegener's evidence for Continental Drift
Bathymetry - Answer-underwater geography
continental shelf; continental margin; abyssal plain; deep ocean trenches; ocean ridge - Answer-
development of sonar showed us what
basalt - Answer-what the ocean floor (deep abyssal plain) is made out of
paleomagnetism - Answer-record of earth's magnetic field trapped in rocks
Harry Hess - Answer-proposed idea of plate tectonics
divergent, convergent, transform - Answer-types of plate boundaries
divergent - Answer-includes oceanic-oceanic boundaries and continental rift valley
convergent - Answer-includes oceanic-continental, oceanic-oceanic, and continental-continental
boundaries
Cascades, Andes - Answer-examples of oceanic-continental convergence
Philippines, Japan, New Zealand - Answer-examples of oceanic-oceanic convergence
transform - Answer-boundaries near ocean ridges, along continents