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A German Scientist who developed the idea of Continental drift theory and Pangaea.

(a)  

According to the Continental Drift Theory, the Earth was one big

supercontinent called:

(a)  

Proposes that the continents were once connected, but the earth is in a state of constant motion that move apart slowly.

• Continental Drift theory

• Seafloor Spreading Theory

• Plate Tectonics Theory

When Earth's crust bends, forces act towards each other, what phenomenon may result in this?

• Tsunami

• Earthquake

When the Earth's crust cracks and tension forms or develops, this phenomenon is called:

• Earthquake

• Faulting

The supercontinent called Pangaea was believed to exist

(a)   million years ago

is a massive irregularly shaped slab of solid rocks.

• tectonic plate

• plate boundary

Answer explanation

tectonic plate is also called as LITHOSPHERIC plate

the crust and part of the upper mantle.

(a)  

A hot, malleable semi liquid zone in the upper mantle, directly underneath the lithosphere, on which the plates of the lithosphere move (or float).

• Asthenosphere

• Magma

• Lithosphere

outermost solid shell/layer of the earth. made of a variety of solid rocks.

(a)