Which Statement About Continental Drift Is False

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which statement about continental drift is false?

• A) When it was proposed, the idea received almost immediate acceptance.
• B) Continents move because as magma rises, it exerts tremendous pressure on the plates that float on top of it.
• C) Deep rift valleys have been generated from the same process that causes continental drift.
• D) The theory of plate tectonics describes the movement of major landmasses.
• E) The lithospheric plates float on a fluid layer of molten rock.

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