The Plate Tectonics That Acted on Separating Gondwana and Laurasia

question 58

Multiple Choice

The plate tectonics that acted on separating Gondwana and Laurasia would have had the environmental (climate) impacts of

• A) moving more landmasses and coastlines towards the poles, producing colder climates.
• B) Both answers, in which the landmasses generally transitioned to cooler climates, and more coastal habitats were opened, are correct.
• C) opened more coastal habitats available for adaptive radiation of coastal marine species.
• D) moving more landmasses and coastlines towards the equator, producing warmer climates.
• E) confused migrating organisms and entire populations, as the geographic positions changed due to the tectonic shifts.

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