Learning from the History About Plate Tectonics on Earth,scientists Now

question 9

Multiple Choice

Learning from the history about plate tectonics on Earth,scientists now predict that

• A)continents will continue moving apart for a few hundred million years more.
• B)continents may come back together during the next few hundred million years,forming new mountain ranges and larger continents.
• C)continents will soon slow in their drift and stabilize.
• D)continents will speed up in their drift across the planet,potentially causing a sixth major extinction event.

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