The Study of How the Earth's Physical Features Are Formed

question 51

Multiple Choice

The study of how the Earth's physical features are formed:

• A)biogeography
• B)cartography
• C)geomorphology
• D)zoogeography
• E)geology

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Definitions:

Billion Years

A period of time equal to one thousand million (1,000,000,000) years, often used to express the age of the Earth or the universe.

Continental Drift

The movement of the Earth’s crust by plate tectonics, resulting in the movement of continents with respect to one another.

Glossopteris

An extinct genus of seed fern that serves as evidence for the theory of continental drift and once thrived in the supercontinent Gondwana.