Past Exam Questions - Physical Geology Page 3
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43. Which of the following is NOT considered to be a part of Gondwana?
A. Asia
B. Africa
C. India
D. Australia
E. Antarctica
3. Which of the following continents does NOT show evidence of an ice age during the Carboniferous because it
was part of Laurasia in northern Pangea and so was near to the equator?
A. North America
B. Africa
C. India
D. Australia
E. Antarctica
3. Although Pangea’s southern Gondwana continents contain evidence of an ice age during the Carboniferous
Period, there are no equivalent aged glacial deposits in the northern Laurasia continents because:
A. Gondwana was near the south pole in the Carboniferous, but Laurasia was near the
equator
B. Laurasia was near the south pole in the Carboniferous, but Gondwana was near the equator
C. the glacial deposits in Gondwana did not form in the Carboniferous after all
D. Laurasia did not exist during the Carboniferous
E. we haven’t looked hard enough for glacial deposits in Laurasia
3. Which of the following is good evidence that South America and Africa were once joined together?
A. they both show evidence of an ice age during the Carboniferous Period
B. the shapes of their coastlines are very similar
C. they have similar distributions of rocks that are about 550 million years old
D. they both contain fossils of a type of plant species called Glossopteris
E. all of the above
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the lines of evidence that South America and Africa were once joined
together?
A. they both show evidence of tropical climates in the south during the Carboniferous to
Permian Periods
B. the shapes of their coastlines are very similar
C. they have similar distributions of rocks that are about 550 million years old
D. they both contain fossils of a type of plant species called Glossopteris
E. they have similar-aged glacial evidence and consistent glacier flow directions
3. Modern day northern hemisphere continents have a lot of coal that is Carboniferous in age. Keeping this in mind,
which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. there were a lot of swampy areas during the Carboniferous
B. there was an ice age during the Carboniferous
C. the northern hemisphere continents were closer to the equator in the Carboniferous
D. the coal could have formed with the continents at their current latitudes
E. Laurasia and Gondwana had very different climates during the Carboniferous
3. North America and Europe seem to show different paleomagnetic north pole locations for similar-aged rocks. The
reason for this is:
A. there was more than one north pole when these rocks formed
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