The Earth's Major Continents Developed from

question 24

Multiple Choice

The earth's major continents developed from

• A) a series of volcanoes exploding beneath the ocean floor.
• B) the drifting apart of the original single supercontinent.
• C) the coming together of numerous small islands.
• D) the crashing of an enormous meteorite into the earth.
• E) all of these.

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