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The Southern Company is the largest provider of utilities in the southwestern Ontario.It has also been accused of being the biggest source of industrial air pollution in the area.The Southern Company is trying to change consumer perception of the company by sponsoring a series of television programs on how to preserve our environment.The Southern Company is hoping that the programming will lead to which of the following?


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Rodinia

An inferred supercontinent, consisting of all the continents joined, that existed near the Precambrian-Paleozoic boundary.

Taconic Orogeny

An early Paleozoic orogeny that occurred in the northern Appalachians and is interpreted to represent a collision between an island arc and North America.

Acadian Orogeny

A middle Paleozoic mountain-building event in eastern North America; occurred when a series of landmasses, referred to as Avalonia, collided with the eastern coast of North America.

Seafloor Spreading

The process by which new oceanic crust is formed as magma rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, pushing older crust away from the ridge.

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