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The Plate Tectonics & Evidence Quiz
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The Plate Tectonics & Evidence Quiz

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Which scientist used identical plant fossils found in coal beds of Europe and US to support the idea that all continents were once connected during the Pennsylvanian Period?

  • Cynognathus
  • Antonio Snider Pellegrini (correct)
  • Lystrosaurus
  • Edward Seuss
  • What type of evidence did Antonio Snider Pellegrini use to support his idea of continental drift?

  • Geological evidence
  • Paleontological evidence (correct)
  • Archaeological evidence
  • Meteorological evidence
  • Which scientist described how plants in Late Paleozoic coal beds of India, Australia, South Africa, and South America were all similar?

  • Antonio Snider Pellegrini
  • Edward Seuss (correct)
  • Lystrosaurus
  • Cynognathus
  • What type of evidence did Edward Seuss use to support the idea of continental drift?

    <p>Paleontological evidence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of fossils could only be explained by continental drift?

    <p>Fossils of seed fern Glossopteris</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which period did Antonio Snider Pellegrini believe all continents were once connected based on identical plant fossils found in coal beds of Europe and US?

    <p>Pennsylvanian Period</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the scientist who described how plants in Late Paleozoic coal beds of India, Australia, South Africa, and South America were all similar?

    <p>Edward Seuss</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of evidence did Edward Seuss use to support the idea of continental drift?

    <p>Paleontological evidence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of fossils could only be explained by continental drift?

    <p>Fossils of seed fern Glossopteris</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which scientist used identical plant fossils found in coal beds of Europe and US to support the idea that all continents were once connected during the Pennsylvanian Period?

    <p>Antonio Snider Pellegrini</p> Signup and view all the answers

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